Wellington's American General: The Oldest Serving Soldier in the British Army

Based on the journals of a New Yorker who would become one of Wellington’s senior generals, the story of a remarkable military career from The American War of Independence to the Peninsula, Tobago and Canada.

An American General in Wellington’s Army?

At the age of 14, Frederick Robinson fought for the Loyalists in the War of Independence. With their defeat, his family took refuge in England. After serving against the French in the West Indies, he worked in army recruitment in London. In 181...