What is Richard Montgomery?
{{Infobox military person |name=Richard Montgomery |image=Chappel Montgomery full length.jpg |birth_date={{birth date|1738|12|2}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1775|12|31|1738|12|2}} |birth_place= {{nowrap|[[Swords, Dublin|Swords]], [[County Dublin|Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]]}} |death_place= [[Quebec City]], [[Province of Quebec (1763-1791)|Province of Quebec]] |placeofburial= [[Quebec City]], [[Province of Quebec (1763-1791)|Province of Quebec]]<br />{{small|(reinterred in 1818 to St. Paul's Churchyard, [[Manhattan, New York City]])}} |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|size=23px}}<br />{{Flagdeco|United States|1776|size=23px}} [[Thirteen Colonies|United Colonies]] |branch= |serviceyears={{army|UK|size=23px}} (1756–1772)<br />{{flagicon image|Gadsden flag.svg|size=23px}} [[Continental Army]] (1775) |rank=[[Major general]] |unit= |commands= |battles='''[[Seven Years' War]]''' * [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)|Siege of Louisbourg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inside.fdu.edu/fdupress/03112501.html|title=Fairleigh Dickinson EDU|access-date=September 1, 2008|archive-date=September 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929201529/http://inside.fdu.edu/fdupress/03112501.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)|Battle of Ticonderoga]] * [[British expedition against Martinique|Expedition against Martinique]] * [[British expedition against Cuba|Expedition against Cuba]] '''[[Pontiac's War]]'''<br />'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' * [[Invasion of Canada (1775)|Invasion of Quebec]] * [[Battle of Fort St. Jean]] * [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]]{{KIA}} |awards= |signature=Richard Montgomery Signature.svg }} '''Richard Montgomery''' (December 2, 1738 - December 31, 1775) was a general in the [[American Revolutionary War|American war]] for independence. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Richard}} [[Category:1738 births]] [[Category:1775 deaths]] [[Category:American Revolutionary War]] [[Category:Irish