Dear Mr Cornwell, You stated in answer to a question: “There were no gallantry awards in the British army at the time of the Napoleonic wars so no, Sharpe didn’t get any medals.” and this is, of course, entirely correct in terms of gallantry awards, however a medal was struck for the Waterloo Campaign. It was awarded to anyone who had taken part in the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, or Waterloo. Furthermore each soldier present at any of these battles was credited with two extra years’ service, to count for “all purposes”. Secondly, I notice you point people toward a number of good publications regarding the Peninsular Campaign and to the uniforms of the time. May I advert you to the seminal work by Martin Widrow and Gerry Embleton “Military Dress of the Peninsular War: 1808 – 1814”. Yours aye, Deborah Evans