Project Gutenberg 2010-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 125 Shipp, John 1784 1834 Chichester, Henry Manners 1832 1894 Chichester, H. Manners (Henry Manners) 06019825 Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Produced by StevenGibbs, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp" by John Shipp is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This memoir chronicles the life and military experiences of the author, who rose from humble beginnings in a poorhouse in Suffolk to a commissioned officer in various regiments, including the infamous 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. The narrative not only recounts his numerous adventures and challenges faced during his military service, particularly in India, but also delves into his personal struggles and triumphs through a life marked by determination and resilience. The opening of the memoir introduces us to John Shipp's early life, marked by hardship and misfortune after losing his mother at a young age. Thrust into a poorhouse, he quickly demonstrates a wild spirit and a longing for adventure, becoming enchanted with the idea of military life after encountering a recruiting party. Shipp’s narrative style is engaging and candid, filled with humor and keen observations about his surroundings and experiences. This sets the stage for a life of adventure as he enlists in the army at a young age, embraces the discipline of military life, and endures the trials and tribulations that come with it, all of which promise to reveal a riveting journey of extraordinary military service as the memoir unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31910/31910-h/images/frontispiece.jpg en India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Biography Shipp, John, 1784-1834 DS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 818645 818650 2024-09-13T12:20:07.582766 2023-09-14T06:32:08.213226 text/html text/html 821627 2010-04-07T07:26:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1914391 2010-04-07T07:26:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1188708 2024-09-13T12:20:19.337685 application/epub+zip 1204120 2024-09-13T12:20:11.193761 application/epub+zip 392767 2024-09-13T12:20:09.857732 application/epub+zip 1541997 2024-09-13T12:20:25.676200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1476884 2024-09-13T12:20:18.227728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532598 2022-09-14T15:31:42.506803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 769553 769457 2024-09-13T12:20:06.095744 2023-09-14T06:32:07.221209 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 769430 2010-04-07T07:26:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 292941 2010-04-07T07:26:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 769427 2010-04-07T07:26:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 292866 2010-04-07T07:26:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21350 2024-09-13T12:20:25.830172 application/rdf+xml 24295 2024-09-13T12:20:10.262728 image/jpeg 4764 2024-09-13T12:20:10.053784 image/jpeg 1177316 2024-09-13T12:20:07.868740 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog