NAM.2002-01-251-81

Manuscript letter from C Stone, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in Newbury to Maj William Lee, later Lieutenant Colonel, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons at Mr Cozieres, Piccadilly, London, 20 Jun 1796. The letter advises him to remain in the regiment on leave, implying he was planning on leaving, and wait for Gen Harcourt and the Duke of York to organise a promotion, which may cost him nothing. The 8th (The King’s Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons is to go to the East Indies and there may be the possibility of promotion within the 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons. From a collection of 112 letters and envelopes addressed to Lt Col William Lee, 5th Baronet, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, 1749-1810. Also includes photocopies of other letters from the same correspondence.