NAM.1990-08-140-27

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated from a village near Cambray (Cambrai), 25 Jun 1815. In this letter O’Grady recounts his experience at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June. He refers to the battle as our ‘Glorious Victory’ but a ‘sanguinary contest’. He tells that his regiment suffered serious losses during the battle, with only four officers able to do service by the end. He mentions Verner was wounded by a musket ball. O’Grady does not expect there to be any more fighting. Typed transcript in a 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).

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)