Philip,
Here is some info about a distant relative of mine, and I have assumed that his mother was a
Duggan. I wrote a letter to
London years ago to try to find info, but to no avail. I may have some more information on his unit, and their involvement in the War in the Peninsula.
Pat
KowaleskiDenver,
Coloradopatrickekowaleski@gmail.com Henry
Duggan Wood, the father of Rose
Hannah Wood, was born about 1790 in County
Meath and apprenticed to a shoe maker where he worked for 7 years before running away and enlisting as Henry
Duggan, which was the name on his discharge papers. He received a silver medal for fighting at Badajoz (4/6/1812),
Salamanca, (7/22/1812), and
Barcelona (?).He fought with
Wellington and was wounded at
Quatre Bras (6/16 or17, 1815) just prior to the
Battle of Waterloo. Only about a third of Wellington’s troops were British, many troops having disbanded at the end of the War in the Peninsula in 1814.
His home was in the W ½, W ½ of lot 7, Concession 6,
Metcalfe Twp.,
Middlesex Countyy, Ontario, Canada.
From my Grandmother, who got the story from her mother, Mary Ellen McMahon:
“Henry
Duggan Wood received a silver medal with 3 bars and the name of 3 battles on it. Salmonica (sp), Barsalona(sp) and Badagoe(sp). He was to have been in Waterloo but was sent to
Quatre Brasse (sp), three days before to keep
Napoleon from crossing the stream and was wounded so they sent him to
England an gave him his discharge, with honor. He carried a bullet in his leg to the day he died.”