Wellington (42 page)

relationship with Wellington 96–7, 125, 129–30, 201–2, 261–2

West, Captain Francis 57, 86

Westmoreland, Lord 24–5, 27

Whaley, ‘Buck’ 22

Wheeler, Private William 130, 154, 172, 236–7

Whitelock, Lt General John 103

Wilberforce, William 205

Wilkes, John 13

William I, of the Netherlands 209

William III, of England 5, 133–4

William IV, of England (
formerly
Duke of Clarence) 274, 281, 283, 284, 287, 289, 290

William of Orange, Prince (‘Slender Billy’):

in Peninsular War 180, 190

relationship with Wellington 203, 208, 283

in Waterloo campaign 209, 211, 221–2, 223, 227, 228, 232, 241, 246

wounded 247

Wilson, Harriette 125, 129, 180, 204

Wilson, Joan 95

Winchilsea, George Finch-Hatton, 9th Earl of 274–6

Wingfield Mr 19

Woolwich Royal Military Academy 17

Wrede, Field Marshal 220

York, Duke of 18, 28, 30, 31, 83, 93, 98, 109, 119, 126, 189

death and funeral 268, 269

dislike of Wellington 267–8

Young, Arthur 6

Zaragoza, Augustina 105

Zaragoza, sieges of 105

Zaya, General 151

Ziethen, General 223, 247

RICHARD HOLMES
is one of Britain’s leading military historians. He is Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Defence College of Management and Technology. He has presented seven television series for the BBC and is the author of many books including
Redcoat, Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front
and
Sahib: The British Soldier in India
. A Territorial infantry officer for thirty-six years, he is currently Colonel of The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. He lives near Winchester in Hampshire.

ALSO BY RICHARD HOLMES

In order of publication

The English Civil War
(with Brigadier Peter Young)
The Little Field Marshal: Sir John French
Soldiers
(with John Keegan)
Firing Line
The Road to Sedan
Fatal Avenue
Riding the Retreat
War Walks
War Walks II
The Western Front
The Second World War in Photographs
Oxford Companion to Military History
(general editor)
Battlefields of the Second World War
The First World War in Photographs
Redcoat
Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front
In the Footsteps of Churchill
Sahib: The British Soldier in India, 1750–1914
Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War

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