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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 5 December 1813
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-10

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Schauri(?), 5 Dec 1813. In this letter O’Grady relates that he has been ill, but was still obliged to prepare for action in an unspecified engagement. The regiment has marched from Olite towards France and is now within eight miles of Pamplona. He also writes that Col Vivian has been appointed a Brigade Commander and the regiment is not commanded by Lt Col Sir Edward Kerrison. He asks for more letters from his family. Typed transcript in separate folder. From a collection of 45 letters associated with Lt Col Standish O’Grady, later 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1813-1830. These letters include those written whilst serving as a Lieutenant with the 7th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1815-1830. With manuscript and typescript transcripts. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Campaigns

Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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