James Abercrombie (British Army colonel)
- James Abercrombie (British Army colonel)
Colonel James Abercrombie (1732–June 23, 1775), sometimes referred to (without apparent basis) as James Abercrombie, Junior was a British army officer who died of battle wounds as a lieutenant colonel.
He had served in the French and Indian War as a captain in the 42nd Foot before being made aide-de-camp to General Amherst in 1759. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1770.
At the Battle of Bunker Hill he led the grenadier battalion in their charge of the redoubt on the Americans' left wing. During the assault he sustained a gunshot wound and was carried from the field. He was treated at a hospital facility in Boston, where he succumbed to his wound a week later.
The "Dictionary of Canadian Biography" 's researchers located various documents making it reasonable to suppose that he is among the several people of the same name, known to be relations of Gen. James Abercrombie. There may be, however, no contemporary evidence at all for either describing him as son of the general, or attaching "Junior" to his name.
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