Charles Edmund Webber
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Charles Edumund Webber CB |
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5 September 1838 Dublin |
| Died | 24 September 1904 (aged 66) Margate |
| Buried at | St Margaret of Antioch, Lee Green (51°27.77′N 0°0.05′E / 51.46283°N 0.00083°ECoordinates: 51°27.77′N 0°0.05′E / 51.46283°N 0.00083°E) |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
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| Spouse(s) | Alice Augusta Gertrude Hanbury Tracy |
| Relations | 2nd Baron Sudeley (father-in-law) |
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Charles Edmund Webber CB (5 September 1838 – 23 September 1904) was a British soldier, engineer and author.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Charles was the third son of Rev. Thomas Webber, of Leekfield, county Sligo. He was educated in private schools prior to his military education.
Webber entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1853 and was commissioned as lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1855.
Webber served in India during the Indian Mutiny, 1857–1860 In September 1857 he was posted with the 21 company Royal Engineers who joined the 1st Brigade seeing action at the Betwa River and Jhansi and was twice mentioned in dispatches. He remained in the field until April 1859, then served in the public works departments at Gwalior and Allahabad before returning to England in May 1860.
On his return to England he served in the Brighton district and it was here in 1861 that he married Alice Augusta Gertrude Hanbury Tracy, fourth daughter of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley.
The same year he returned to the Military Academy at Woolwich as Instructor in Military Drawing, and Surveying. He was promoted captain on 1 April 1862.
During the Austro-Prussian War, in 1866, Webber was attached to the Prussian army to report on engineering operations and military telegraphs. Other special missions abroad followed, with duty at the Curragh Camp from 1867 to 1869.
Later in 1869, whilst in command of 22nd company Royal Engineers at Chatham, Webber and his men were lent to the Post Office to assist in constructing and organising the telegraph service. In 1871 the 34th company was added to Webber's command and stationed at Inverness. Six officers and 153 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers were employed in the Post Office at that time. More than 1000 line miles and more than 3200 wire miles were laid by them over and under ground in 1871. In 1872 he was promoted to the rank of major. In total Webber trained over 300 non-commissioned officers and men in the work of telegraphy. The work for the Post Office was completed in 1879.
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