Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney Pulteney, (18 May 1861 – 14 May 1941) was a British general during the First World War.
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Early military career
Educated at Eton College, Pulteney was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Militia in October 1878. He transferred to the Scots Guards where he was commissioned a second lieutenant on 23 April 1881.
Anglo-Egyptian War
The following year he served in the Anglo-Egyptian War, where he was present at the Battle of Tell El Kebir (September 1882). On 4 May 1892 he was promoted to captain, and in 1895 he served with the Bunyoro expedition and the Nandi expedition, for which he was mentioned in despatches and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Promotion to major followed on 1 May 1897.