Henry Monckton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Monckton

British Army officer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1740

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1778

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Henry Monckton (13 July 1740 – 28 June 1778) was the fourth son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway and the younger half-brother of the more famous Robert Monckton.
During the American Revolutionary War he led a battalion of converged British grenadiers while a lieutenant colonel.
He was wounded at Long Island during the New York and New Jersey Campaign in 1776.
He led a temporary brigade at Assunpink Creek.
In the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 he led a grenadier battalion at both Brandywine and Germantown.
He was killed leading his soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778.