British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Oswald, John
By: Ron McGuigan
Oswald, John (2 October 1771 - 8 June 1840)
2nd Lieutenant 23rd Foot 1788, Lieutenant 7th Foot 1789, Captain Independent
Company 1791, Half-pay 1791, Captain 35th Foot 1791, Major 35th Foot
1795, Lieutenant-Colonel 35th Foot 1797, Brevet Colonel 1805, Brigadier
General on the Staff 1809-1811, Major General 1811, Lieutenant General
1819, General 1837.
Early Service: Gibraltar 1791, West Indies 1794-1795, Helder 1799
and wounded, Minorca and Malta 1799-1802, Malta 1803, Sicily 1805-1809
and brigade at Maida 1806, Egypt 1807, Sicily 1807-1809, Ionian Islands
1809-1811. On Home Staff 1811-1812.
Peninsular War: Temporarily commanded 5th Division October-December
1812 and April-August 1813. Wounded at assault of San Sebastian August
1813.
KCB 1815. GCB 1824. GCMG 1837.
Colonel of the 1st Greek Light Infantry 1811-1816, 3rd Battalion
Rifle Brigade 1818-1819, 35th Foot 1819-1840.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: December 2007
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