British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Pringle, William Henry
Pringle, William Henry (1771? - 23 December 1840)
Cornet 16th Light Dragoons 1792, Lieutenant 16th Light Dragoons 1793,
Captain Independent Company 1794, Major 111th Foot* 1795,
Half-pay 1795-1799, Major 4th Foot 1799, Lieutenant
Colonel 4th Foot 1799, Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot Guards
1802, Lieutenant Colonel 1st Foot 1808, Lieutenant Colonel unattached
1808, Brevet Colonel 1809, Major General 1812, Lieutenant General 1825.
* disbanded 1795
Early Service: Helder 1799 and returned as missing (prisoner of war?).
Hanover 1805. Copenhagen 1807. Inspecting Field Officer of Militia
North America 1808-1812.
Peninsular War: Commanded brigade 5th Division June-July 1812, August-September
1812, and October 1812-March 1813. Temporarily commanded 5th Division
July 1812 and September-October 1812. Commanded brigade 2nd Division
July 1813-February 1814. Temporarily commanded 2nd Division July 1813.
Wounded February 1814.
MP 1812-1832. KCB 1815. GCB 1834.
Colonel of the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Infantry 1814-1816, 64th
Foot 1816-1837, 45th Foot 1837-1840.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: February 2009
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