Letterbook of the Pontoon Train commanded by Major W. B. Tylden, Royal Engineers, 19 May 1815 to 6 January 1816
letterbook, letterbook
Accession Number

NAM.1968-07-102-1

Description

Cloth bound manuscript letterbook of the Pontoon Train commanded by Major William Burton Tylden, Royal Engineers, during the Waterloo Campaign, 19 May 1815 to 6 Jan 1816. Includes letters regarding every day life: returns, soldier appointments, orders, equipment required, complaints, court martial and discipline. Includes an Index of the contents at the back of the book.

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)