Inniskilling

In the fullness of time—or rather, according to family legend, somewhat before the fullness of time, by lying about his age—my grandfather enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a Northern Irish regiment of His Majesty’s Army, garrisoned at St. Lucia Barracks in Omagh.

In less than a year, he signed up for another regiment, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - but here too, his lies brought about his downfall.

They formed the nucleus of the regimental band of the 10th battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

His 22-year-old nephew, also called Francis, was a Lt serving with the 1st Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.

The Inniskilling Dragoons and Fusiliers both fought in the battle and helped to turn the tide of European history as the Duke of Wellington beat Napoleon.