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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 8 April 1815
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-21

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Brighton 8 Apr 1815. In this short letter O’Grady writes that he arrived in Brighton the night before and will march on to the coast on Monday. He relates that he is now the most senior Lieutenant in the regiment and that Col Kerrison has promised him the first oppprtunity that arises. 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

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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