Talk:General Sir Richard Venables/@comment-4219405-20120730165252

Has somebody been reading the Sharpe's Series....? In the beginning of Sharpe's Fortress, after Sharpe had been promoted to Ensign from the ranks and transferred to the King's 74th Highlanders, a fellow Ensign (named Venables), asked if Sharpe was going to sell his commission. Sounds strangely familiar to your Richard Venables, also of the 74th...