William Davy

Major Davy was the officer in command of the 5/60th during the first years of the Peninsular War. He is a background character on Show the Colours and is NPC'd when necessary.
==Service with the 60th==
William Gabriel Davy commanded the 60th Rifles in the early Peninsular War. He joined them from the 61st as a Captain in 1802, and became Major in 1807; he received the Army Gold medal for the battles of Rolica, Vimeiro and Talavera and transferred to the 7th Garrison Battalion in December 1809. He became a Knight of Hanover, a general in 1854 and was appointed colonel of the 1/60th in November 1842. He died in Gloucestershire in January 1856.
== References ==
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