The following is a brief summary of Flashman's carrer. There are many other events and military duties hinted at in the papers, the full story of which is yet to be revealed.
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Sir Harry Paget Flashman. Brigadier-General. V.C. K.C.B K.C.I.E. Victoria Cross. Knight Commander, Order of the Bath, Indian Empire San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth, 4th Class Chevalier - Legion of Honour Order Maria-Theresa, Austria Order of the Elephant. (Borrowed.) U.S. Medal of Honour |
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5th May 1822 |
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Gandamack Lodge Ashby, Leicestershire. Great Britain. |
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Education |
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Rugby School 1831-1840 (Expelled for Drunkenness.) |
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Chairman: Flashman and Bottemley Ltd. (From undisclosed military profit.) Super Cargo, S.S. 'Baliol College.' Mexican Slave Ship. (Not proven!) Director: British Opium Company. (From taking profit where I could get it.) Governor: Rugby School. (Unwanted.) Honoury President: Mission for Reclamation of Reduced Females. (Couldn't Refuse!) |
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Military Career |
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1840 |
Lieutenant: 11th Light Dragoons. (Purchased by unwitting Father.) |
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1840- 41 |
Military instructor attached to Paisley Militia, Scotland. (For getting more publicity after a duel, than Lord Cardigan!) |
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1841 |
Lieutenant: East Indian Company Lancers. (A wedding gift; care of Lord Cardigan.) |
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1841- 42 |
Lieutenant: Attached to General Elphinstone's Staff, Kabul Afganhistan. (For not keeping my mouth shut.) |
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1843 |
Promoted Captain, pending commission in Household Cavalry. (Through being modest.) |
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1844 |
Procurement Chief to HM Indian Light Cavalry, stationed to Singapore. (An excuse to go a nice jolly.) |
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1844 |
Auxiliary to H.M. King James Brooke of Borneo Batang Lupar Expedition. (Through not keeping both eyes on my wife.) |
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1844 |
Sergeant General to H.M. Queen Ranavalona's Forces; Madagascar. (Because nobody would buy me at the slave market.) |
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1845- 46 |
Captain, Political Service, Punjab Region. Political Envoy to Maharani Jeedan, Lorhore. (Through agreeing with everyone for a change.) |
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1848 |
Chief of the Royal General Staff, Schleswig-Holstein's Army. (A title only; care of a second marriage.) |
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1854 |
Captain, Board of Ordnance, London. (A nice quiet job.) |
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1854 |
Colonel, 17th Lancers; Raglan's Staff Crimea. (To wet nurse a Kraut Prince.) |
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1856-8 |
Colonel, Political Service, Northern India. Attached to General Rose's Staff during Sepoy Mutiny. (For being too close to the PM at the wrong moment.) |
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1859 |
Adjutant to Captain John Brown, Maryland U.S.A. (Shanghaied by a trollop and her father.) |
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1860 |
Hong Kong and China, Chief of Intelligence. Political Envoy to Nanking during Taiping Rebellion. Attached to Lord Elgin's Staff during second Opium War. (Shanghaied by a trollop and her husband, a clergyman!) |
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1862 |
Major, Union Forces: South Carolina, American Civil War. (Through straying too far from home.) |
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1862 |
Major, Confederate Army: Richmond Virginia. (For trusting a familiar face, Abraham Lincoln of all people!) |
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1867 |
Aide-de-camp to H.I.M Maximillion, Emporer of Mexico. (For missing a ticket home.) |
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1875 |
Interpreter Camp Robinson Conference, Sioux Reservation. U.S.A. Observer Soiux campaign, Battle of Little Big Horn. (Through inviting a half-breed hunkpapa whore to a steamboat ball.) |
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1879 |
Zulu War Isanhlwana, Rorke's Drift. |
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Personal Skills |
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Shows great initiative, acts with minimal guidance. ( Runs at the first sign of trouble!) |
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Accomplished Horseman, competent Fencer. (Gunnery poor, unless opponent is unarmed.) |
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Expert in a number of languages. (Able to purchase Cigars, Brandy and Bawds in any language.) |
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Keen to work as part of a team. (Is a complete creep and toady.) |
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Friendly and sociable. (Seems unable to keep his hands off the fairer sex.) |
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Smart, cultivated appearance and manners. (Women seem to adore him.) |
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Clubs |
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White's. United Service. Blackjack (Batavia.) (resigned.) |
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Publications |
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Dawns and Departures of a soldiers life. Twixt Cossack and Cannon. The Case Against Army Reform. Various booklets on foreign Languages. French, German, Latin, Danish, Mandarin, Sioux, Russian and Greek. |
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Recreations |
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Cricket Riding Angling Oriental Studies Languages Pyramids, Billiards and Pool. Egyptology Whoring, Drinking (Brandy mainly) Cigars. |
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Other Achievements |
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Performed First recorded Hat-trick, taking three consecutive wickets off Felix, Pilch, Mynn. Three of England's finest cricketers. One by skill, one by luck and one by Knavery! |
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Personal |
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Son of Harry Buckley Flashman, Esq. and Hon. Alicia Paget. Married Elspeth Rennie Morrison, daughter of Lord Paisley. Son; Harry Albert Victor. Daughter; Josephine. |
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The Campaign Medals of Sir Harry Flashman.