Anthony Stransham

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person General Sir Anthony Blaxland Stransham Template:Postnominals (22 December 1805 – 6 October 1900) was a senior British officer in the Royal Marines.<ref name="times">Template:Cite news</ref> He was one of the navy generals of the attack in The Battle of Canton,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which was a British victory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Background

Stransham was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines, and grandson of Major Samuel Stransham, also of the Royal Marines.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Military career

Stransham entered the Royal Marines on 1 January 1823. Four years after entering the service, he was present as a subaltern at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Stransham led the Royal Marines during the First Battle of Canton in the First Opium War on 18 March 1841.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> He was wounded and promoted to captain.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> He was awarded the Baltic Medal, having been with Charles John Napier in 1854. From 1862 to 1867, General Stransham was Inspector-General of the Royal Marines.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

Later in his career, as a general, the "Grand Old Man of the Army" became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

He saw active service for over 53 years, retiring with the rank of general on 24 December 1875.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>