Which British King was the last to personally lead an army into battle ?
Tom Brown (British Army soldier) published in the same year as the battle. Tom Brown (British Army soldier) Sir Thomas Brown ( – ) was born in Kirkleatham, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, in the north-east region of England. He was a hero of the Battle of Dettingen (27 June 1743), in Bavaria during the War of the Austrian Succession; the last time that a British monarch, in this case King George II, personally led his own country's troops into battle. Little is known of his early life, save for him being a shoemaker's apprentice in Yarm, before joining the Army. Once enlisted, Brown fought
Sikhs in the British Indian Army Sikhs in the British Indian Army Sikhs served in the British Indian Army throughout the British Raj. Sikh units fought at the Battle of Saragarhi; in the First World War, as the "Black Lions", as well as during the Second World War in Malaya, Burma and Italy. After the fall of the Sikh Empire and death of its king Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the British conquered this large territory with much difficulty as it was the last kingdom in India to be taken over by the british, and began recruiting Sikhs into their army in large numbers. The Battle of Saragarhi