With the resurgence of fighting in Afghanistan, books like this memoir by a young British officer fighting Queen Victoria's wars of Empire taker on an added resonance. The author was a young officer of the 31st (Huntingdonshire)Regiment of Foot, who, according to Harts Army List, purchased his commission and was appointed ensign (2Lt) on 6 May 1836, promoted to lieutenant in 1839 and captain in 1846, at which rank he stuck till going on half pay in April 1858. In the Cardwell army reforms of 1881 the Huntingdonshires became the 1st Battalion East Surreys.This book covers seven years from 1836...
With the resurgence of fighting in Afghanistan, books like this memoir by a young British officer fighting Queen Victoria's wars of Empire taker on an...
