He greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Lagos in 1693.

Later that fall, he greatly distinguished himself in action at Memmingen.

In Danzig he greatly distinguished himself during the cholera epidemic of 1831.

The following year he led a brigade at Poltava, in which battle he greatly distinguished himself.

He became a priest, and in course of time a bishop: he was greatly distinguished as a professor.

Lichton greatly distinguished himself at the Battle of the Sound.

It then moved to Burma, where it greatly distinguished itself against the Japanese.

He was also the English ambassador at the French court in 1656, where he greatly distinguished himself by his successful diplomacy.

Cotton greatly distinguished himself by his "coolness, judgment and gallantry."

At the Battle of Lützen (1813) he greatly distinguished himself.