Stephen Galway Adye CB (1772 – 13 September 1838) was a

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officer who fought at the

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Career

The second son of Stephen Payne Adye, he was appointed first lieutenant in the

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on 1January 1794. Promotion to captain lieutenant followed in 1798 and to captain in 1803. He served under General Abercromby in the 1801

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against the French, and was part of the 1809 expedition to

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, during which he was seriously wounded. At Waterloo he was a field officer in command of two batteries of foot artillery attached to an army division, and was subsequently made a

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(CB). Adye later became Chief Firemaster at the

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in Woolwich, London. Adye was promoted to major-general on 10January 1837.

Death and legacy

Adye was commemorated by a memorial, now destroyed, in St Mary's Churchyard, Woolwich with the following inscription:

"Beneath this stone are deposited the mortal remains of Mary, wife of Brigade Major Adye, who died 20 September 1809, at the age of 37. Also of Major General Stephen Galway Adye CB husband to the above Mary Adye who died on 13 September 1838, at the age of 66."

References

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