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COMMANDER // 1838–1879

Henry Pulleine

Lieutenant ColonelUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war

Lifespan

18381879

1840185018601870Anglo-Zulu War · 1879Battle of Isandlwana — January 22, 1879 · United Kingdom · Anglo-Zulu War

Active service 18791 battle across 1 war; first command at age 41.

Profile

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Burmester Pulleine was an administrator and commander in the British Army in the Cape Frontier and Anglo-Zulu Wars. He is most notable as a commander of British forces at the disastrous Battle of Isandlwana in January 1879. Substantively a major, he held the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel.

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Battles (1)

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