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Lieutenant Colonel William Hulme (10 May 1788 – 21 August 1855) [11] was an officer of the 96th Regiment of Foot, British Army. Early years and family.
Bridge accompanied Lieutenant Colonel William Hulme's expedition to Ōtūihu pā on 30 April. Following a tense stand-off between the Pōmare's warriors and detachments of the 58th and 96th Regiments, Hulme persuaded Pōmare to meet in person, took him prisoner on board HMS North Star and burnt the pā.
The Battle of Puketutu (Māori: Puketutu) was an engagement that took place on 8 May 1845 between British forces, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Hulme, and Māori warriors, led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand.
Lieutenant Colonel Hulme and his second-in-command, Major Cyprian Bridge, made an inspection of Heke's pā and found it to be quite formidable. [27] Lacking any better plan, they decided on a frontal assault the following day. The British troops had no heavy guns, but they had brought with them a dozen Congreve rockets. The Māori had never ...
For Hulme's actions on Crete, his battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Leckie, recommended him for the Victoria Cross (VC). [13] Instituted in 1856, the VC was the highest gallantry award that could be bestowed on military personnel of the British Empire. [16]
his battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Leckie Shouldn't this be linked to the New Zealand's Lieutenant Colonel article? There is no NZ article for the rank so have linked to the UK one instead which mentions the rank is used in Commonwealth countries as well. Zawed 07:56, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Colonel William Hulme, 96th Regiment, Captain Johnson, RN, and Marlow protested against Despard's intentions. [46]: 85 In consequence, Phillpotts, alone and unarmed, made a daring reconnaissance, walking round the pā to within pistol-shot of the palisades targeted by the gun; so close that his acquaintances within called out "Go back Topi. We ...
Between 1794 and 1796 he became first a major and then a lieutenant-colonel, after which he was placed on half-pay with the rank of colonel. In 1799 he married, and was also appointed commissary general of the British forces in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland , where he served until evacuation in November 1799.