General Sir John Spink KH (1783 – 14 March 1877) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the

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Military career

Spink was commissioned as an ensign in the 12th Regiment of Foot on 2 September 1806. After seeing action in India between 1808 and 1809 during the Travancore Rebellion, he led an attack on an enemy position on the island of

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in the Indian Ocean in 1810 and then took part in the Invasion of Isle de France also in the Indian Ocean and subsequent march on its capital, Port Louis, in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. He went on to be colonel of the

from 28 May 1857 to his death in 1877. He was promoted full general in 1865

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spink, John 1783 births 1887 deaths British Army generals Suffolk Regiment officers Military personnel from Yorkshire