Hi The Duke was noted for his exposure to cannon fire in many battles At Waterloo the colonel next to him had his leg shot off. In India he had many narrow misses He was a "Soldiers General" even though he was a bit scathing at times. Suggest you update your reading of the Napoleonic Wars Peter MacAuslan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [MLN] Mine Worker Records > > > Gil & Sonia Murray wrote: > > > Well, I'm glad to hear the Duke said something nice to mitigate his ugly > > remark. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all - but I bet he stayed in the rear > > giving orders, well out of cannon range. > > > > "Help the girl that Tommy's left behind him..." What in the world would > > have happened to the children if the father was killed? I suspect pensions > > were pitifully small back then! > > Yes and so was income tax!! A relationship existed. But in the "good old > days" church congregations were large, people knew the name of the parish they > lived in. Ask your friends <what parish> they live in, you may find very few > can answer. > > The churches were the source of charity, poor support etc in the days before > Welfare and Social Security. Community power [it's coming back!] did those > chores neglected by central government. > > Cheers, > > ALISTAIR > >