John Shipp
John Shipp (1784–1834) was a workhouse boy who enlisted as a drummer, twice rose from the ranks to a commission — a thing almost unknown — and wrote his own life, including the debts that cost him the second commission.
John Shipp (1784–1834) was a workhouse boy who enlisted as a drummer, twice rose from the ranks to a commission — a thing almost unknown — and wrote his own life, including the debts that cost him the second commission.
