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12/08/1757 AD enlisted

Cornwallis obtaines his first commission as Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards.

He then sought and gained permission to engage in military studies abroad. After travelling on the continent with a Prussian officer, Captain de Roguin, he studied at the military academy of Turin.

Upon completion of his studies in Turin in 1758, he travels to Geneva, where he learned that British troops were to be sent to North America in the Seven Years' War.

Although he tried to reach his regiment before it sailed from the Isle of Wight, he learnt upon reaching Cologne that it had already sailed.

Unknown - England

Lattitude: 52.3555° N
Longitude: 1.1742° W
Region: Europe
Europe