James Kempt
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General Sir James Kempt, was a British Army officer, who served in the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars. He led a British brigade at the B
Portrait by Robert McInnes, 1840
The 32nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 46th Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cornwall's Light In
James Kempt
…was appointed to lead the 8th British Brigade in the army Wellington assembled in Belgium to invade France. The 8th Brigade consisted of the 1/28th, 1/32nd, 2/79th Highland and 1/95th Rifles in Sir Thomas Picton's 5th Division. At the Battle of Quatre Bras, Kempt's brigade was involved in heavy fighting…
Badge of the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The Battle of Salamanca at which the regiment contributed to the storming parties
Sir John Inglis of the 32nd Regiment by William Gush, Province House (Nova Scotia)