Lieutenant-General Thomas Osbert Mordaunt FRS (1730 – 13 February 1809) was a British Army officer and poet, known for "The Call".
At the Battle of Warburg on 31 July 1760 the squadron he served in was volleyed twice by a regiment of German grenadiers, and his commanding officer was killed.
Taking command of the survivors, Mordaunt charged the Germans, capturing 300 men and two brass cannon.
[5] Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel described it as one of the "prodigies of valour", and the captured cannon were displayed at the Tower of London.
[16] One Crowded Hour, Tim Bowden's biography of Australian combat cameraman Neil Davis, takes its title from a phrase used in "The Call".