Volume 1: Lt Gen William Staveley handwritten memoirs, 1798-1814
Accession Number
NAM.2020-01-30-1-3
Description
Two handwritten notebooks, entitled volume 1, containing Lt Gen William Staveley‘s memoirs and covering his military career, the memoirs describe Lt Gen William Staveley joining the Caithness Legion as an ensign in 1798; service in the Peninsular War; working on Wellington's staff; promotions; surveying & sketching; Battle of Vittoria; troops movements & advances. The memoirs cover 1798-1814.
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)