NAMES
~ in William's diary: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - an attempt to add biographies to those names. Many entries are taken from Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 71st Regiment of Foot - on the Napoleon Series website
Napier Colonel Napier Lieutenant-Colonel
Lt Col George Thomas Napier, C.B.

Born London 1784; served in Sicily 1806; served in Baltic 1808; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; again in Peninsula July 1809 to April 1812; Major in 52nd Foot 27 June 1811; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 6 February 1812; again in Peninsula January to February 1814; Lieutenant-Colonel in 71st Foot 24 March 1814; to Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in 3rd Foot Guards 25 July 1814; subsequently Major-General January 1837; Lieutenant-General 1846; died Geneva September 1855.

Nicholls Lieutenant-Colonel

Norcott Colonel and family