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Officer Commanding (or Commander-in-Chief) Bermuda
520:. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 18.
711:. No. 36888. London. 2 October 1902. p. 1.
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231:Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
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315:is located (Victoria House – 15 Barker Road), on
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360:"Obituary: General Sir George Digby Barker".
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684:Hong Kong University Press
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292:In retirement he lived at
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176:Sir George Digby Barker
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203:in 1853. He served in
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218:He went on to become
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818:Governors of Bermuda
287:Seaforth Highlanders
242:Sir William Robinson
16:British Army general
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335:, who would become
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363:The Times
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199:into the
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317:The Peak
272:garrison
253:Governor
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133:Commands
106:Service/
663:3 April
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281:of the
279:colonel
277:He was
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