Title: Twenty-five years in the Rifle Brigade
First published: 1833
Description: A plain man's account of his career in the British Army, published after his death by his brother.  There is a handsome memorial plaque to William Surtees in the parish church of Corbridge, Northumberland.
Subjects: Biography, British Personal narratives, Contemporaries, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade, Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), History, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Officers, Peninsular War, 1807-1814, United States War of 1812, Military History
Places: Europe, United States
People: Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), William Surtees (1781-1830)
Time periods: 1789-1815, War of 1812