Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p George Lewis, later remembered as Lieutenant General George Lewis CB, late Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines' Portsmouth Division, was a career officer in the Royal Marines, active during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.He was born in Stoke Damerel, (Devon) on 2 May 1774 and his death was reported from Plymouth (Devon) on 14 September 1854 by the December 1854 edition of The Gentleman's Magazine.He was the officer commanding the ship's complement of Marines on board HMS Caesar during the Battle of Cape Ortegal in November 1805; the concluding action of the Trafalgar Campaign.He first distinguished himself on shore whilst a Captain of Marines on HMS Hibernia, at the start of the Peninsular War. . }
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- George_Lewis_(Royal_Marines_officer) comment "George Lewis, later remembered as Lieutenant General George Lewis CB, late Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines' Portsmouth Division, was a career officer in the Royal Marines, active during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.He was born in Stoke Damerel, (Devon) on 2 May 1774 and his death was reported from Plymouth (Devon) on 14 September 1854 by the December 1854 edition of The Gentleman's Magazine.He was the officer commanding the ship's complement of Marines on board HMS Caesar during the Battle of Cape Ortegal in November 1805; the concluding action of the Trafalgar Campaign.He first distinguished himself on shore whilst a Captain of Marines on HMS Hibernia, at the start of the Peninsular War. ".