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200th Anniversary Exhibition
Lieutenant Francis Maguire and the Forlorn Hope at San
Sebastian, "The Fourth led and perhaps in the whole history of
war there cannot be found a stronger instance of courage and obedience
to orders." The Hero: Lieutenant Francis Maguire
Francis Maguire was commissioned into the 4th "King’s Own" Regiment on 22nd October 1804, at the age of 12 years, and through out his school life had to report himself on muster day to the military authorities. At sixteen he joined his regiment, and went to the Peninsular and was mentioned in despatches for acts of gallantry at the battles of Albuera, Salamanca and Vittoria. A standard taken by him at Salamanca hung for many years in the chapel of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. At Vittoria during an assault upon the bridge his company was twice repulsed. Francis Maguire resolutely placed the colours upon the parapet, where they were shot to pieces in his hands. Selected to lead the Forlorn Hope at San Sebastian on 31st August 1813, his twenty-first birthday, he was killed during the attack.
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