General Hugh Wheeler

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General Hugh Wheeler was a British East India Company officer best known for his ill-fated command of the besieged garrison at Kanpur during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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General Hugh Wheeler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British East India Company officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
affiliation British colonial forces in India ⓘ
areaOfActivity colonial India ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath India ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName Wheeler ⓘ
givenName Hugh ⓘ
hasRole garrison commander at Kanpur ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryAllegiance British East India Company ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
militaryBranch Bengal Army ⓘ
militaryConflict Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
notableEvent surrender of the Cawnpore garrison under Nana Sahib’s terms ⓘ
notableFor command of the besieged garrison at Kanpur in 1857 ⓘ
ill-fated defense of British civilians and soldiers at Cawnpore ⓘ
opponent Nana Sahib ⓘ
participatedIn Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Siege of Cawnpore ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cawnpore ⓘ
Kanpur ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the British garrison at Cawnpore ⓘ
residence Cawnpore ⓘ
Kanpur ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Battle of Kanpur → commander → General Hugh Wheeler ⓘ
Cawnpore → associatedWith → General Hugh Wheeler ⓘ