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Twenty-five years in the Rifle Brigade

by William Surtees · 1833

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A plain man's account of his career in the British Army, published after his death by his brother. There is a handsome memorial plaque to William Surtees in the parish church of Corbridge, Northumberland.

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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 435 pages

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