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Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch is best remembered for his service as Generalmajor in command of the Prussian II Corps of Blucher's army in the Waterloo campaign. A native of Magdeburg, he was appointed to this command in May 1815 following the mutiny of the Saxon troops in the army, led it with distinction at Ligny, and two days later formed part of the Prussian force which fell upon Napoleon's right flank at Waterloo. He is often referred to as 'Pirch I', the use of Roman numerals being used in Prussian service to distinguish officers of the same name, in this case from his brother, seven years his junior, Otto Karl Lorenz, who commanded the 2nd Division of Zieten's I Corps in the same campaign, and who is often styled 'Pirch II'. Georg Pirch was promoted to Generalleutnant after the Waterloo campaign, retired in 1816 and died in 1838.