Alexander Dickson Military person

Major-General Sir Alexander Dickson GCB KCH (1777–1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery. He fought at many battles during the Napoleonic Wars. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington had the highest opinion of his abilities and made him the effective commander of his army's artillery during the latter part of the Peninsular War.

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Alexander Dickson
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1777
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1840

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
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Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order
military operations
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
military branch
British Army

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