William Tomkinson

El teniente coronel William Tomkinson (18January 1790 – 1872) fue un oficial del Ejército Británico que sirvió durante la Guerra Peninsular y la Campaña de Waterloo. Life The fourth son of Henry Tomkinson of Dorfold, Cheshire, his mother was Anne, daughter of John Darlington of Aston, Chester. Tomkinson was gazetted to the 16th Light Dragoons as a cornet in December 1807, joining his regiment the following April. During the Peninsular War (1809-1813) he was seriously wounded at the crossing of the Douro on 11May 1809 but recovered to see action at the battles of Busaco (1810), Redhina (1811), Fuentes de Oñoro (1811), El Bodón (1811), Salamanca (1812) and Vittoria (1813). He was subsequently at Waterloo and remained in France with the Army of Occupation until December 1815.