Hannah Snell Born 1723
She originally enlisted in General Guise's Regiment at the age of 19, and deserted. In 1745 in Portsmouth she joined the Marines (one assumes that no medical took place!), and fought at the battle of Pondicherry, India, two years later. Distinguishing herself during the siege, and subsequent storming of the forts, it is alleged that she was wounded no less than twelve times. Apparently she tended her own wounds rather than have her sex revealed. Her secret survived intact, and she was honourably discharged at Wapping in 1750. She subsequently ran a public house called "The Widow in Masquerade"