A HISTORY OF
THE PENINSULAR WAR |
| This complementary volume to Sir Charles Oman’s
monumental study of the Peninsular War is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of more than 3,000 officers in British, Portuguese and Spanish service killed or wounded in the seven years of that remarkable campaign. Based on exhaustive research of primary records and archives, this superbly detailed reference book draws on data from service records, official despatches, casualty rolls, medal lists, pension lists, the London Gazette and additional original sources to provide an astonishing insight into the history of the British Army from the point of view of the individual. Serving as a who’s who for British officers, and French and German officers in British pay, this is an essential addition to Peninsular War scholarship. Entries on this casualty roll include the service histories of individual officers, medals or awards received, the place, date and cause of death or nature of wound, subsequent career details and additional campaign material. Many entries include accounts about the particular officer, taken from memoirs, diaries and despatches of the period, making this not only a vital source of information but also a very readable and human study. KEY POINTS: • More than 3,000 entries on individual officers • Data drawn from primary sources • A vital addition to Peninsular War scholarship AUTHOR NOTES: Dr John Hall is a historian, specialising in early nineteenth-century history. |
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