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General Low (other)
General Low may refer to: * Alexander Low (British Army officer) (1817–1904), British Army general * John Low (East India Company officer) (1788–1880), British Indian Army general, father of General Robert Low * Robert Low (Indian Army officer) (1838–1911), British Indian Army general See also

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Alexander Low (British Army Officer)
General Sir Alexander Low (June 1817 – 9 July 1904) was a British Army officer. Military career Low was commissioned as a cornet in the 4th Light Dragoons in October 1835. He was present at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and commanded a squadron of the 4th Light Dragoons during the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War. Lieutenant Henry Adlington reported that Low exhibited during the charge: Low went on to command his regiment at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854, the Battle of Eupatoria in February 1855 and the Battle of the Chernaya in August 1855 as well as the closing stages of the Siege of Sevastopol later that year. He was promoted to major-general in 1868, lieutenant-general in 1874 and full general in 1880. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I of Great Britain, Geo ...
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John Low (East India Company Officer)
General (United Kingdom), General Sir John Low (13 December 1788 – 10 January 1880) was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator. Early life Born at Clatto House, near Cupar in Fife, the eldest son of Captain Robert Low of Clatto, and his wife (the daughter of Dr. Robert Malcolm). He was educated at St. Andrews University, attending the sessions of 1802–3 (Register), and in 1804 obtained a Madras cadetship on the nomination of John Hudleston. Military career On 17 July 1805 Low was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 1st Madras Native Infantry. For the part taken by six of its companies in Vellore mutiny the regiment was disbanded in January 1807; Low became an officer in the reformed 24th Madras Infantry. In 1816 the 24th was renumbered as the 1st Madras Infantry, in recognition of its conduct at the Battle of Sitabuldi. Low became captain in the regiment in 1820, major 17th Madras infantry (late 2nd battalion 24th) in 1828, and lieutenant-colonel 19th Madras infa ...
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Robert Low (Indian Army Officer)
Robert Low may refer to: * Robert Low (writer) (1949–2021), Scottish journalist and writer of historical fiction * Robert Low (Indian Army officer) (1838–1911), British officer in the British Indian Army * Robert Cranston Low (1879–1949), Scottish physician and dermatologist See also * Robert Lowe (other) * Robert Loe (born 1991), New Zealand basketball player {{hndis, Low, Robert ...
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General Lowe (other)
General Lowe may refer to: * Henry H. Lowe (1795–1854), American brigadier general of militia during the Creek War of 1836 * Hudson Lowe Sir Hudson Lowe, (28 July 176910 January 1844) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint Helena from 1816 to 1821. Seeing service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he is best kn ... (1769–1844), British Army lieutenant-general best known as the jailer of Napoleon on Saint Helena * William Lowe (British Army officer) (1861–1944), British Army major-general, commander of the British forces in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 See also * General Low (other) {{disambiguation, tndis ...
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