Manuscript diary kept by Captain Edward Keane, 7th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons between 9 February to 20 June 1814
diary, diary
Accession Number
NAM.1977-03-9-1
Description
Manuscript diary kept by Capt Edward Keane, 7th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons between 9 Feb - 20 June 1814. The diary covers service in the South of France while Keane was acting as Aide-de Camp to Col R H Vivian. A final entry lists the strength and casualties of the 6th Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo. Also includes a loose leaf map of the French ‘Département des Landes’ (Landes Department). Associated with Napoleonic Wars, France (1814-1818) and Waterloo (1815).
Campaigns
Peninsular War, Southern France (1813-1814)
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
Associated collection
