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[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant colonel]] '''Bradshaw Yorke Reilly''' (March 1807 - 5 November 1853) was a military officer in the service of the [[East India Company]] in the 19th century.

==Biography==
He was born in [[Bath, Somerset]] in 1807. He entered the [[East India Company Military Seminary]] in 1821 and was commissioned into the [[Bengal Engineers]] as an [[ensign (rank)|ensign]] in 1823.<ref name=Vibart>Vibart, H.M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 99</ref> On passing out he, he was selected with a fellow cadet Frederick Bordwine for the engineers, however unable to distinguish between the two who were equals on merit, it was resolved that they draw lots resulting in Reilly going to [[Bengal]] and Bordwine to [[Bombay]].<ref name=Vibart/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] in May 1824 and participated in the [[Siege of Bharatpur]] in the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]. He married Emily Robson on 13 July 1836. He saw action again as a Captain during the [[Gwalior Campaign]] in 1843. Reilly was appointed a Commandant of the Corps in April 1843 and was advanced to Major in late 1844. In the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] he commanded the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Companies at the [[Battle of Sobraon]].<ref name=Bonhams>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21704/lot/222/|title=Auction of medal|website=Bonhams}}</ref> He was transferred to the Invalid Establishment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1848 and died at [[Landour]], [[British India]] in 1853.<ref name=Bonhams/>

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[[Category:British East India Company Army officers]]
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[[Category:Alumni of Addiscombe Military Seminary]]
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