COMMANDER // 1838–1879
Henry Pulleine
Lieutenant ColonelUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1838 – 1879
Active service 1879 — 1 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.
Battles (1)
1879
Battle of IsandlwanaAnglo-Zulu War · United Kingdom