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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 22 July 1813
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-5

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Hampton Court 22 Jul 1813. In this letter O’Grady relates the news that his regiment has been told it will be moving to Spain rather than Germany. He regrets not being able to take with him a horse his father has offered to him. He notes the indiscipline of another regiment, the 18th Hussars and the deaths of two officers resulting from this. 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

Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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