Henry Ince
Videos
Henry Ince was a sergeant-major in the British Army who achieved fame as the author of a plan to tunnel through the North Face of the Rock of Gibraltar in 1782, during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. As
Inside a gallery on the Rock of Gibraltar, engraved by I.C. Stadler after Rev C. Willyams (c. 1800), depicting one of the tunnels excavated by Henry Ince
Memorial plaque to Henry Ince at the Gibraltar Methodist Church
Members of the Soldier Artificer Company in their working dress
Reconstruction showing members of the Soldier Artificer Company digging the Upper Gallery
General Sir William Green, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer, of Marass, Kent. He served as chief engineer at the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
Henry Ince
…artificers and labourers, the Soldier Artificer Company, and was promoted to sergeant on the same day. The company was established by Lieutenant Colonel William Green to assist his programme of improvements to the fortifications of Gibraltar. He was posted to the fortress in 1761 as its Senior Engineer and in 1769…
Major General Sir William Green
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, by John Singleton Copley
William Green, Chief Engineer of Gibraltar; by George Carter
The Siege of Gibraltar, 1782, by George Carter