A HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR
VOLUME VIII:  THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED, 1808-1814
by Dr. John A. Hall

8.75 x 5.5 in. (222 x 141 mm).  624 pages. This complementary volume to Sir Charles Oman's monumental study of the Peninsular War is a I 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 research in primary records and archives, this superbly detailed reference book draws on data 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 all essential addition to Peninsular War scholarship.

Entries on this casualty roll include each officer's particular service history, 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 of 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.

Greenhill Books    ISBN 1-85367-315-3

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