Military Memoirs of Four Brothers: Engaged in the Service of Their Country as Well as in the New World and Africa, as on the Continent of Europe: The Survivor
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Thomas Fernyhough (Author) Philip J Haythornthwaite (Contributor)
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Military Memoirs of Four Brothers, first published in 1829 and reprinted for the first time since 1838, is an extremely rare record of the military service of one family during the Napoleonic Wars. The Fernyhoughs of Lichfield provided four officers to the British naval and military forces, two of whom died on service with the Royal Marines. The letters and journals pf two of the brothers provide a fascinating account of some of the more important, and some of the lesser-known campaigns and operations of the period, including the Trafalgar campaign, the expedition to South America, and the Peninsular War, Robert Fernyhough serving in the latter with that most elite and famous corps, the 95th Rifles, later the Rifle Brigade. Thomas Fernyhough, the brother who compiled this account, was a noted historian and researcher, and produced a book which is not only one of the rarest contemporary memoirs of the Napoleonic Wars, but one which illuminates the services and tribulations of a typical military family at this most crucial period of British history.
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- Contributor: Thomas Fernyhough
- Imprint: Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781862271272
- Number of Pages: 288
- Packaged Dimensions: 150x220x30mm
- Packaged Weight: 540
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Release Date: 2002-04-22
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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