John Moore Military person

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB, (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809) was a British soldier and General, also known as Moore of Corunna. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he defeated a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War.

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John Moore
Birth dateNovember 13, 1761
Birth place
Scotland , United Kingdom , Glasgow
Date of deathJanuary 16, 1809
Place of death
Galicia (Spain) , A Coruña

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
military operations
American Revolutionary War
Penobscot Expedition
Siege of Calvi
Peninsular War
French Revolutionary Wars
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Battle of Callantsoog
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
Battle of Krabbendam
Battle of Alexandria
Battle of Corunna
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Battle of Abukir (1801)
Battle of Alkmaar (1799)
Battle of Foulksmills
military branch
British Army
service start1776
service end1809

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