1793 Gallery

Poster - British Military medals

NAVAL, MILITARY AND RAF DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 1793-1973. Poster, revised and edited by Arthur Kipling of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1975 (c). Depicting decorations and medals with information below each item. From the Burma Memorial Collection. Date: 1973

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Bravery at Wattignies

At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

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General Sir Richard England, army officer

Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada. During the Napoleonic Wars he saw active service in Walcheren, Sicily, and at Waterloo, before commanding regiments and divisions in the Crimean War and in India