serviceyears laterwork branch death_date placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
1808 -- 1830 journalist , editor british army 1849 1792 place of burial peninsular war 1792 major thomas henry shadwell clerke
 thomas henry shadwell clerke
thomas henry shadwell clerke

thomas henry shadwell clerke -lrb- 1792-1849 -rrb- , was an irish soldier and military journalist .
clerke was a native of bandon , cork .
being intended for the army , a profession also adopted by his brothers , st. john augustus clerke , who died a lieutenant-general and colonel 75th foot , 17 january 1870 and william clerke , afterwards a major in the 77th foot , he was sent to the royal military college , great marlow , where he distinguished himself by his abilities .
he was appointed to an ensigncy without purchase in 1808 and as a subaltern in 28th and 5th foot , he served through the peninsular campaigns until the loss of his right leg in the combat at redinha in 1811 incapacitated him for further active service .
on the recommendation of lord wellington , he was promoted to a company in the 1st garrison battalion , with which served until its reduction in 1814 .
he afterwards served with the 2nd battalion , 57th foot , and on the army depot staff .
he was promoted to a majority unattached in 1830 .
he became the editor of `` colburn 's united service magazine '' when that journal was started in january 1829 , and so continued until july 1842 .
on the death of colonel gurwood , he was entrusted with the task of seeing the last volume of `` selections from the wellington despatches '' through the press .
he possessed a familiar acquaintance with the french , italian , and spanish languages , and , although his name does not appear as the author of any scientific or other works , was a very active member of the british association and of various learned societies .
at the time of his death he was a knight of the royal hanoverian order -lrb- 1831 -rrb- , a fellow of the royal society -lrb- elected 10 april 1833 -rrb- , and vice-president of the royal united service institution , of which he had been one of the originators .
he was also a fellow of the royal astronomical and geological societies and for a short time had been honorary foreign secretary of the royal geographical society .
he died of paralysis at his residence , brompton grove , london , on 19 april 1849 .
