slark 11 #1 Posted October 19, 2016 Last year I started a thread about soldiers that fought at Waterloo,i thought people might be interested in another Prescot man, who never fought at Waterloo, but had an illustrious career anyway. Thomas Knowles Born Prescot 1772 Enlisted in Liverpool for the 4th Regiment of Foot. 19/7/1799, Occupation-Sailcloth Maker Saw action in the following campaigns and battles : Hallecourt Copenhagen Peninsular campaign Corruna-1809 Fuentes De Onoro-1811 Badajoz-1812 Salamanca-1812 Palencia-1812 Vittoria-1813 St Sebastian-1813 Bidossoa-1813 Nive-1813 War of 1812 Bladensburgh-1814 Baltimore-1814 New Orleans-1815 Fort Bowyer-1815 Discharged-Barbados, 11/9/1821 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
