Title

'The Ox. And Bucks. Light Infantry. The Battle in the Churchyard at Vimiero', 1808, (1939). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'The Ox. And Bucks. Light Infantry. The Battle in the Churchyard at Vimiero', 1808, (1939). The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at the Battle of Vimeiro in Portugal, Peninsular War, 21 August 1808. The British army commanded by Wellington defeated the French under Junot. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys' comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D45_390

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73,4Mb (4,1Mb) / 21,5in x 13,3in / 6444 x 3981 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men religious country Portugal religion patriotism guy British church color colour fighting Christianity war location century patriotic Britain soldiers soldier thirties concept battle injured injury churchyard Army collectible warfare Regiment 19th century 1930s 20th century British Army nineteenth century The Print Collector light infantry Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Richard Caton Woodville II Battle of Vimeiro Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Unknown Woodville Richard Caton II R Caton Woodville Caton Woodville R