THE NAPOLEONIC ARCHIVE 6: WITH THE 43RD IN THE PENINSULA: THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM FREER, EDWARD FREER AND DANIEL GARDNER OF THE 43RD FOOT (1807-15).
Code: NA06
Price: £26.5
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196pp., 4 illus., 5 maps. 2021. William Freer fought at Vimiero, Corunna, the Coa, Busaco, Foz d’Arouce, Sabugal, Fuentes D’Onoro, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vitoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, Nivelle, Tarbes & Toulouse. John Freer, his brother, was in the artillery at Gibraltar. Edward Freer, his younger brother, served in the 43rd Foot from 4 April 1809. Thomas Freer, his youngest brother, became a lieutenant in the Leicester Militia. Their uncle Daniel Gardner also in the 43rd was killed at Talavera.