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About William Inglis
Lieutenant-General Sir William Inglis, KCB was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Inglis fought in several of the bloodiest engagements of the Peninsular War, was wounded numerous times and earned national fame through his exhortation "Die hard 57th, die hard!" to his regiment as he lay seriously wounded behind their ranks at the height of the Battle of Albuera. The regiment held and the battle was won and although his wounds nearly proved fatal, Inglis returned to action again two years later to see the war out as a brigadier general. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars Inglis was knighted and served in several military governorships including a spell as governor of Cork, in which position he died in 1835.
Everything about William Inglis →- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1764
- Died
- November 29, 1835