From Fighting Napoleon to the Scottish Military Academy
the life of captain john orr
$67.34
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2024
Summary
A Soldier’s Life: From Waterloo to Edinburgh Academy
Based on Captain John Orr’s previously unseen campaign diary and personal documents, this is the first biography of the man who would become Superintendent of the Scottish Naval & Military Academy (SNMA).
We follow John during his eighteen months in Portugal and Spain informed by his first-hand accounts of the Battle of Salamanca, the siege of Burgos, and fighting in the Pyrenees. Later he fought at Quatre Bras and was…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399034449 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399034448 |
| Author: | Rosslyn Macphail |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Rosslyn Macphail
Rosslyn Macphail is the great great granddaughter of Captain John Orr. She discovered John’s campaign diary, which he wrote while fighting with the Black Watch in the Peninsular War, in a cabin trunk containing family papers, and decided to find out more about him. She has given lectures about John Orr and the Scottish Naval & Military Academy in the Watt Library in Greenock, John Orr’s home town, and to the Renfrewshire Family History Society in Paisley. Rosslyn Macphail lives in Edinburgh, where the Academy was also based.
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