Ka rite ki tona papa i whawhai ia ki Napoleon I o France i roto i te wahi o te Napoleonic Wars mohiotia i roto i Germany rite te Befreiungskriege ("Whawhai o Liberation", mohiotia ano te Pakanga o te Ono Coalition), a ka mea he hoia tino maia. i hanga ia he rangatira (Hauptmann) ka riro i te Iron Cross mo ona mahi i Bar-sur-Aube. te whawhai me te whawhai ki a France mahue he mana'o roa i runga i a ia, a ka i ia he antipathy roa ki te French. I roto i 1815, William i whakatairanga ki te nui, ka whakahau i te taua o te 1. Garderegiment. whawhai ia i raro i Gebhard von Blüchtcher i te pakanga o Ligny me Ligloo. ka riro ia i a ia i roto i 1826 ki te whawhai ki a Napoleon I o France i roto i te wāhanga o te Napoleonic Wars mohiotia i roto i Germany rite te Befreiungskriege ("Whawhai o Liberation", mohiotia ano te Pakanga o te Ono Coalition), a ka riro ia i te rangatira nui i roto i 1825 ka riro i a ia i a ia i
Hepetema 1849