George Walter Prosser

Prosser was appointed a captain in the 23rd Light Dragoons on 24 January 1818.^[1] He transferred to the 7th Dragoon Guards on 8 August 1822^[2] and was promoted to major in the infantry on 10 June 1826.^[3] After writing an essay on the Past and Present State of Fortifications in Europe in 1839^[4] he was selected to become Superintendent of Studies of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in May 1842^[5] and Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in March 1854.^[6] He transferred to the 3rd Regiment of Foot on 22 May 1857.^[7]