'Soldiers! the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady- be cool,- be firm in the assault. The town must be yours this night. Once masters of the wall, let your first duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together.'

A favourite of King George III, LeMarchant attracted his attention while a Lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (or the Queen Bays). Although one of his colleagues described him as 'the greatest Dunce I have ever met' . He wrote a number of classic books about cavalry training and manouvres including the much admired 'Cavalry Sword Exercises' published in 1796. Le Marchant was an able commander leading 3 squadrons of the 5th Dragoon Guards at Badajos. He was killed at Salamanca leading his Brigade of heavy Dragoon Guards.

Aide de Camp and assistant Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington from July 1810 to July 1814. He was wounded at Orthes in February in 1813. Although he had been painfully wounded on his thigh which meant he could only walk with the support of sticks, Wellington rode several miles to see him when he heard March had been injured, and it is reported he came from the room in tears.
Before inheirting the Dukedom of Richmond in 1819 he was the MP (Tory) for Chichester.

Third in command on the Peninsular in 1809 but led the army when the two leaders and Sir Arthur Wellesly (later Duke of Wellington) were recalled to Britain after the debacle of the convention of Cintra. He pushed quickly into Spain but was badly let down by the Spanish and forced into retreat under appalling winter conditions to Corunna. He was pursued the whole way by the French commander, Soult. Although the British won the Battle of Corunna, Moore was fatally wounded and died there. He was idolised by the army and was one of the great military minds of the day. It was Moore who instituted the light infantry training which produced the light infantry division - regiments of men trained to skirmish and shoot such as the 95th Regiment - later the Rifle Brigade.

Wellington's Quarter Master General from 1809 to 1812 when he went to Ireland as QMG. He rejoined Wellington in 1813. Under his influence the QMG's office gained precedence over the Adjutant General's office under William Stewart simply because it was more efficient.
Murray was to have joined Wellington in Brussels in 1815 but was delayed reaching there in time. He was appointed as chief of staff for the Army of Occupation in France for the next three years.

Napier is best known for his historical work on the History of the Peninsular War. He was one of three Napier brothers who served under Wellington on the Peninsula and for whom the Duke held an interest. They were the nephew's of the Duke of Richmond, their mother, Lady Sarah, was the 2nd Duke's fourth daughter.
He served with valour under Craufurd but went home in 1812 to marry. He returned to the Peninsula just after Badajoz in April 1812 and took command of the 43rd regiment as MacLeod had been killed. He went back to Britain again on January 1st 1813 but he returned again to take command the 43rd in August of that year and served to the end of the war in 1814.
He was to join the Duke in Brussels in 1815 but had made arrangements to leave from Dover on the 18th of June, which as it happened was the day Waterloo was being fought. He continued on with the army of occupation to Paris. In later years he was noted as a talented painter and sculptor - as well as writing the history of course.
His brother Charles is most noted for his famous quote, "Peccavi" which he sent back to Britain after a battle in India. In Latin, peccavi means "I have sinned" - Napier had just conquered Scinde.

Pack was wounded eight times in his peninsula career which started in 1808 where as Leiutenant Colonel he commanded the 71st at Rolico and Vimiero.
In July 1810 he was appointed local rank to a Portuguese Brigade under Bereford which he commanded at Bussaco and Almeida in 1810. Pack was made Major General in 1813 and had temporary command of the 6th Division in the Pyrenees (1813) and at Waterloo and Quatre Bras he commanded a Brigade under Picton.

Pakenham's sister, Catherine, had married the Duke of Wellington and 'Ned' was one of the young men with ability that Wellington had picked for his staff. He was a very able commander having commanded a battalion of Fusiliers at the tender age of 19.
Took over the fighting Third division from Picton who was too ill for Salamanca in 1812 and it was his division that broke the French centre. He commanded the third division until the capture of Madrid. In 1813 he was given command of the 6th Division at the Battle of the Pyrenees.
He commanded the ill-fated American Expedition in 1814 and died at the battle of New Orleans.
Ned Pakenham should not be confused with his brother, Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham who was AG to Picton at Badajoz.

a regular old woman, who allowed the French to commit all sorts of extravagances under our noses