Ralph Bunbury
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Lieutenant Ralph Bunbury (died 15 August 1808), of the 95th Rifles, is known for having been the first British Army
officer casualty in the Peninsular war
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Bunbury was killed at Óbidos, Portugal.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer casualty in the Peninsular war
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
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Bunbury was killed at Óbidos, Portugal.