Ensign Alexander Drysdale from New Brunswick Fencibles to be Lieutenant

Ensign Alexander Drysdale from New Brunswick Fencibles to be Lieutenant, right column about half way down page

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 Wellingtons Men Remembered A Register Of Memorials To Soldiers Who Served in the Peninsular War   And At Waterloo 1808-1815 , Volume 1, A-L , Janet and David Bromley ; States - DRYSDALE ,   Alexander  

 Captain, 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot.

 Mural monument : Dean Cemetery , Edinburgh , Scotland , (Photograph)

  SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT ALEXANDER DRYSDALE / LATE OF H.M. 27TH

  REGT OF FOOT / WHO DIED ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST 1864 / AGED 80 / DEEPLY

  REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. 

   Ensign 1Jul 1804. Lt. 10 Oct 1805. Capt 10 Feb 1814.

   Served in the  Peninsula Nov 1812 - Apr1814 attatched to the Calabrian Free Corps.

   Present at Alcoy, Blair, Castalla , Tarragona , Ordal and Barcelona . Also served in Ischia 

   and Procida 1809. Half pay 26 Mar 1816. 

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Also , this interesting article.  https://electricscotland.com/history/sketches/highlandsketches112.htm

Originally posted to Group Drysdale Archives, Douglas history