letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2012-06-6-33
Description
Ms letter written Capt James Girdlestone, 2nd Bn 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, to his sister, Mary, from Arripiado, February 1811, discussing the death of several British officers, asking his father for help to secure his promotion, and the positing of his regiment; associated with the Peninsular War.
Events
Busaco, Battle of, 1810 (Peninsular War 1808-1814), Torres Vedras, Lines of, 1811 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)
Associated collection
