{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] |name= Sir John Spink |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KH}} |birth_date=1783 |death_date=14 March 1877 |birth_place=[[Staithes]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] |death_place=[[Norwood Park (London)|Norwood Park]], [[London]] |burial_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |service_years= |rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |commands= |unit= |battles=[[Napoleonic Wars]] |awards=[[Royal Guelphic Order|Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order]] }} [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir John Spink''' [[Royal Guelphic Order|KH]] (1783 – 14 March 1877) was a [[British Army]] officer who became colonel of the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot]]. ==Military career== Spink was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in the [[Suffolk Regiment|12th Regiment of Foot]] on 2 September 1806.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16072|page=1299|date=29 September 1807}}</ref> 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 [[Réunion]] 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]].<ref name=qrs>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels_and_co/colonels/queens-royal-regiment/general-sir-john-spink.shtml|title=General John Spink 1857-1877|publisher=Queen’s Royal Surreys|accessdate=8 February 2020}}</ref>
He went on to be [[colonel]] of the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot]] from 28 May 1857 to his death in 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22025|page=2611|date=28 July 1857}}</ref> He was promoted full general in 1865 <ref>{{London Gazette|city = e|issue=7505|page=97|date=27 January 1865}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-hon}} {{succession box | title=Colonel of the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot]] | before=[[James Holmes Schoedde|Sir James Schoedde]] | after=[[Clement Alexander Edwards|Clement Edwards]] | years=1857–1877}} {{s-end}}
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