Publisher's Synopsis
Marines to 95th (Rifles) - A military family at war with Napoleon This is the story of a Royal Marine who wanted to be a Rifleman. He achieved his ambition, but not before he saw action and captivity in South America and endured hard service and many adventures as "a soldier afloat" in the Low Countries and the Mediterranean. Fernyhough eventually joined the famous 95th for campaigns in the Peninsular under Wellington, where he endured hardships he could never have imagined. This highly readable book concludes with accounts of the military careers of Fernyhough's brothers - John and Henry - both Royal Marines - and Thomas, an infantryman.
