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Charles Osborne Creagh-Osborne CB (20 December 1823 – 17 August 1892) was a

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officer who became Commandant of the

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Military career

Creagh-Osborne was commissioned as an ensign into the

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in 1841.Hart's Army List, 1869
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Scinde Camel Corps The 59 Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was one of the most reputed outfits of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1843, as the Scinde Camel Corps. In 1856, it was incorporate ...

during Sir Charles Napier's campaign in

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in 1842. He also took part in the response to

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of 1857 being present at the assault on Jagdispur. He became Superintendent of Garrison Instructors in

in 1873 and Commandant of the

in 1878. There is a memorial to him in

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Churchyard.

Family

In 1866 he married Harriet Frances Crozier; they had three sons and three daughters.The Peerage.com
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Creagh-Osborne, Charles 1823 births 1892 deaths British Army lieutenant generals Companions of the Order of the Bath Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers Commandants of the Staff College, Camberley British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857