Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1739 Pulteney ghọrọ Colonel nke 13th Regiment of Foot, nke dị ka omenala nke oge ahụ si bụrụ nke a na-akpọ Pulteney's Regiment. N'okpuru iwu ya, ndị agha ahụ jere ozi na
Dettingen, Fontenoy na n'oge Jacobite Rebellion na Falkirk na Culloden. Mgbe e mesịrị, ha sonyere na usoro iwu okporo ụzọ na Scottish Highlands, ndị isi ndị agha ahụ so na ndị na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na-enyocha ogbugbu Appin a ma ama na 1752. E buliri Pulteney n'ọkwa Major-General na 1743, Lieutenant-General na 1747 na General na 1765.