Edward Aldrich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 December 1802 |
| Died | 24 November 1857 (aged 54)[1] Marylebone, London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | Board of Ordnance |
| Years of Service | 1826–1854[1]: 24 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 591[1] |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Commands | Spain, 1839 CRE, Syria, 1840–41 CRE, Hong Kong, 1843–47[1] |
| Campaigns | First Carlist War, 1839
Syrian War, 1840–41
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| Awards | Naval General Service Medal (1847), 'Syria'[3] |
Colonel Edward Aldrich (30 December 1802 – 23 November 1857) was a British military engineer, architect and surveyor of the Corps of Royal Engineers who carried out the first detailed survey of Palestine together with John Symonds, RE.[4]
- ^ a b c d Connolly, Thomas William John (1898). Richard Fielding Edwards (ed.). Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898. Chatham: The Royal Engineers Institute.
- ^ Hart, Henry George (1853). The New Annual Army List for 1850. Vol. 11. London: John Murray. p. 290.
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- ^ Irwin, D Hastings (1910). War Medals and Decorations Issued to the British Military and Naval Forces and Allies From 1588 to 1910. London: L. Upcott Gill. p. 514.
- ^ "1849 Symonds Linen Map of Jerusalem (first scientific survey of Jerusalem)". Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
