Thomas Harvey Military person

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, KCB (1775 – 28 May 1841) was a senior Royal Navy officer who saw service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and died as commander-in-chief on the West Indies Station. The son of a senior Royal Navy officer and from a family with a long military tradition, Harvey distinguished himself under his father at the Glorious First of June and as a post-captain in his own right at Admiral John Thomas Duckworth's attempt to force the Dardanelles in 1807 and commanded numerous ships and stations in the post-war period.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1775
Date of deathMay 28, 1841
Place of death
Bermuda , Admiralty House Bermuda

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
military operations
Trinidad
Napoleonic Wars
Glorious First of June
Dardanelles Operation
Battle of Groix
French Revolutionary Wars
military branch
Royal Navy
service start1787
service end1787

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