British Army general
Lieutenant-General Henry James Buchanan CB (1830 – 7 October 1903) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.
Military career
Buchanan was commissioned as an ensign in the 47th Regiment of Foot on 14 June 1850.[1] He fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 as well as the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.[2] He also served with the Jowaki expedition of 1877–1878.[2] He went on to be Commander of the 3rd Brigade at Aldershot in January 1887 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in January 1889.[3]
He was also Colonel of the Norfolk Regiment from 1898 to his death.[2]
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