Dimensions
130 x 199 x 11mm
Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as a battalion's cobbler.
Rifleman Harris told his exceptional story to Henry Curling an officer of the Oxford Light Infantry, whom he met in 1814 after he was discharged from the army and working as a Soho cobbler. Harris was a natural story-teller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his Recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
