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Nine records of service and also notes on his service, compiled by Lt Col Henry Murray, 18th Hussars, 1800 to 1830. Comprises of: His record of service as Major in the 26th (The Cameronians) Regiment of Foot to 30 Sep 1809. Incomplete later copy of his service record for the years 1800 to 1805. Service record to 1810, mentions campaign in Calabria, attack of Alexandria, the Siege of Rosetta 1807, landing in Walcheren and period preceding Battle of Vitoria. Two service records from May 1800 to 1815. Commissions and service record to 1830. Service record as Lieutenant Colonel to 1815. Details of his location in 1804. Written account of his service, mentions desertions taking place and opinions about foreign trained soldiers (after the 20th Light Dragoons came back from the West Indies) from 16 May 1800 to 1805. Record to after Waterloo. An incomplete version of the letter, The Episcopal Palace, Palencia, 23 Jun 1813. From a collection of twenty-two manuscript letters. Written by Lt Col Henry Murray, 18 Hussars. 1813-1815. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and with the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

Quatre Bras, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815), Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815), Alexandria, Battle of, 1801 (Wars of the French Revolution, Egypt 1798-1801), Vitoria, Battle of, 1813 (Peninsular War 1808-1814), Walcheren, Expedition to, 1809 (Napoleonic Wars, Holland 1809), Flushing, Siege of, 1809 (Napoleonic Wars, Holland 1809)