Article Nº 2841 Military or naval figure Vol. III · p. 117
Pereira da Silva (Manuel)
Madeiran-born infantry officer, knight of the Legion of Honour, who published military addresses.
He was born in Madeira on 5 September 1862 and is an infantry officer; for some time he served in the now-abolished Municipal Guard. He holds the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour of France. He published his address entitled A preparação para a guerra and another delivered at the ceremony presenting the national flag to the recruits of the 12th and 34th Infantry Regiments of the Guarda Military Command (Comando Militar) (1921).
People mentioned
- Manuel Pereira da Silva b. 1862
Places mentioned