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Number 1 East Cliff is the former Georgian home of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Le Geyt Bruce (1824-1899), Knight Commander of the Bath, and a Listed Building.
Educated at King's School Canterbury, Bruce joined Bengal Artillery in 1842, then Royal Artillery post-1857.
Bruce served in: "The Gwalior campaign, at Maharajpiu: in the Satlaj campaign, 1845-1846: at Badiwal, Aliwal, Sobraon: in the Panjab campaign, 1848-1849; at Sadulapur, Chilianwala, Gujarat : in the Indian mutiny (Indian rebellion) at the second relief of Lucknow, at Cawnpur and many engagements."
Watercolour artist and member of the East India United Service Club
Houses of East Cliff are located near Henry VIII's Mote's Bulwark on the White Cliffs of Dover below Dover Castle.
A Dover Architecture and British Army history photo.
More at:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/58030220
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