Excerpt from My Life as a Soldier Before commencing the story of my own life, I deem it necessary to say a few words respecting my father's career as a soldier. In January, 1813, my father enlisted in Her Majesty's 93rd Highland Regiment, and was present with the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, for which he received the medal granted for that war. On the completion of the campaign my father purchased his discharge, and returned to his native home in Perth, Scotland, where he married my mother, they having known each other from childhood. A year afterwards my father obtained the rank of sergeant and master tailor in Her Majesty's 94th Regiment, by purchase, such being at that time the rule of the service. This position he retained until his discharge at Chatham, England, in August, 1841, receiving a pension for over twenty-three years' service. He had received the usual medal for long service and good conduct on the completion of eighteen years, the prescribed period. On his discharge he went to London, and immediately received employment from Mr. Gilbert, army clothing contractor, who was well acquainted with my father from having supplied him with all kinds of military cloth while so long master tailor in the 94th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.