For the American Civil War Union Army soldier, see Thomas Plunkett. For other people, see Thomas Plunket (disambiguation).
Thomas Plunket
Born
1785 Newtown, Wexford, Ireland
Died
1839(1839-00-00) (aged 53–54) Colchester, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1805-1817
Rank
Corporal
Unit
95th Rifles
41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot
Battles/wars
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
British invasions of the River Plate
Peninsular War
Battle of Cacabelos
War of the Seventh Coalition
Battle of Waterloo
Thomas Plunket (1785–1839) was an Irish soldier in the British Army's 95th Rifles regiment. He served throughout the Peninsular War and later in the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. He is remembered for killing a French general during the Peninsular War with an extremely long-range rifle shot, then killing the general's aide-de-camp, who had gone to his side to render aid, with another.
ThomasPlunket (1785–1839) was an Irish soldier in the British Army's 95th Rifles regiment. He served throughout the Peninsular War and later in the Waterloo...
Dunsany (1410–1463) and uncle of the 1st Baron of Killeen Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407–1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the...
granddaughter of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Her father ThomasPlunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), was a junior...
Baker rifle, fired by a noted sharpshooter of the 95th Rifles, rifleman ThomasPlunket, and who also, with a second shot, killed the officer who came to Colbert's...
Kilsaran, near Castlebellingham in County Louth. Her father ThomasPlunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), was a junior Church of Ireland clergyman and...
three Plunket brothers were raised by an aunt and uncle. William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764–1854) Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866)...
The Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust provides a range of free services aimed at improving the development, health and wellbeing of children under the age...
Irish List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland ThomasPlunket, 2nd Baron Plunket Census of Ireland 2011: Population (Number) by Gaeltacht,...
Oliver Sean Plunket (known professionally as Sean Plunket) is a New Zealand broadcast journalist. Plunket has worked for several New Zealand broadcast...
Dowdall 1482 ThomasPlunket, first term 1494 John Topcliffe 1496 Thomas Bowring 1498 ThomasPlunket, second term 1514 Richard Delahide 1534 Thomas Luttrell...
December 26 – Laurent Jean François Truguet, French admiral (b. 1752) ThomasPlunket, Irish soldier (b. 1785) Walter Jones, Irish politician (b. 1754) Pierre...
bridge at the village of Cacabelos by a long-range rifle shot fired by ThomasPlunket of the 95th Rifles after driving off the British 15th Hussars. Losses...
was then sent to Vigo for embarkation. ThomasPlunket was a Rifleman in the 95th Rifles. During the retreat Plunket shot the French Général de Brigade...
castle was built around 1450 by Sir ThomasPlunket, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. It was occupied by the Plunket family until the 1870s, despite...
Lawrence Fitz-Gerald. 1 Ann. c. 74 25 May 1702 An Act for the Relief of ThomasPlunket Gentleman, and Katherine his Wife, with relation to the forfeited Estates...
cousin of another Sir ThomasPlunket who became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, both being grandsons of Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen....
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