On A Lonely City Wall – John Theophilus Beresford

On A Lonely City Wall – John Theophilus Beresford

On 29 January 1812 a young lieutenant in the 88th regiment of foot lost his fight for life having been wounded in the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo 10 days earlier.   Lieutenant John Theophilus Beresford was the son of Marcus Beresford and Lady Frances Arabella Leeson,...