Mansergh-St. George, Richard St. George]]> Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 52nd]]> Military commissions]]> William Howe signed military commission dated December 23, 1776 appointing Richard St. George Mansergh St. George lieutenant in the 52nd Regiment of Foot. The British Army under Howe was at that time stationed in New York City.

Mansergh was horribly wounded at the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. A surgeon removed a portion of his skull which was then covered with a silver plate. Mansergh retired from the military in 1785. We was killed in Ireland during the uprising in 1798.

The commission was on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia as part of the exhibit: Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier from September 28, 2019 through March 17, 2020.

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Great Britain. Army]]> 1776-12-23]]> Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814]]> MS2007.3]]>