Rifleman Pendleton never appeared in the TV Series adaptions. Great Britain: Collins, pp. He never appeared in the TV Series adaptions. Price appears in the TV adaptation Sharpe's Company, played by Scott Cleverdon. Ensign William Matthews appeared in Sharpe's Company when the South Essex received reinforcements. Harper is a large, fierce-seeming man from Donegal, Ireland, recruited in the early years of the 19th century into the British Army and eventually the 95th Rifle Regiment. Cornwell, B. He hated the mine, and was frightened from the moment he entered the shaft. Before Kelly dies of his injury, Sharpe makes Kelly a Chosen Man. Great Britain: Collins, pp. Return of William Sharp, Attorney, the property of Richard Clement. He also participated in the destruction of Almeida but wasn't mentioned in Sharpe's Gold and also partook in Sharpe's Escape during the battle of Bussaco. He had a cameo appearance in Sharpe's Regiment but didn't get seen through the whole story, only in the beginning and the end. When Robinson later had the opportunity to act as sniper, his target survived, so Hagman backed him up and delivered a fatal shot. In the Sharpe television series, his only appearance is in Sharpe's Honour, where he was portrayed by the uncredited Edward Atterton. Robinson is a keen rifleman and a crack shot. He is referred to as one of Sharpe's best marksmen, along with Hagman, Thompson and Harris. He also featured in Sharpe's Eagle where Pendleton fought with Sharpe in the Battle at Talavera. Sharpe also snubs Simmerson by eloping with his niece, Jane Gibbons. A deserter under the command of Hakeswill. He also appears in the Simon Scarrow novel The Generals as the actual historical character. Cornwell uses this backstory, adding the desertion of Dodd's entire sepoy company. Sharpe offers to get him to the surgeons, but Hagman's last words were, "Bugger them surgeons, Mr Sharpe." He has "a face like a grave-digger, hair down to his shoulder blades" (Sharpe's Skirmish). 1981: Sharpe's Eagle. He takes her into his protection and they become lovers, but he is forced to borrow heavily from his friend, Major Michael Hogan to pay for her room and board. He never appeared in the TV series adaptations. Rifleman Harvey never appeared in the TV Series adaptions. She then encourages Rossendale to kill Sharpe using the confusion of battle so that they may marry. Morris makes one final appearance during the assault on the fortress at Gawilghur, when he refuses to lead a detachment of troops over the wall; Sharpe knocks him unconscious, leads the assault and so takes the fortress (Sharpe's Fortress). This ambivalence at his role led to frequent rebellion against authority and a reputation as troublemaker, one of the wildest men in the army. 156. Price has minor roles in the next few novels. South Wilts CC. He led half the battalion - later increased to six companies by reinforcements - in protecting engineers making a failed attempt to blow the dam near Badajoz. Cresacre featured in Sharpe's Battle. 1988: Sharpe's Rifles. At Bussaco, after Sharpe rescues a detachment of the Light Company from one of Slingsby's blunders, Slingsby demands an apology for Sharpe using harsh language towards him. He also participated in the destruction of Almeida but wasn't mentioned in Sharpe's Gold and also partook in Sharpe's Escape during the battle of Bussaco. He would have fought with Sharpe in the Battle at Talavera in Sharpe's Eagle. He claims he has only been hit in the leg and instructs Sharpe to lead the brigade forward. Sharpe first encounters Chase in Calcutta, shortly before he is due to sail back to England to join his new regiment. Sergeant Rossner was a rifleman in the 60th Royal American Rifles. Rifleman Cresacre never appeared in the TV Series adaptions. Great Britain: Collins, pp. Mellors would have been involved in the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and the Siege of Badajoz. Rifleman Reilly first appeared in Sharpe's Siege when trying to fake illness so he did not have to march. Berkeley is almost convinced by Sharpe pointing out the uniform supposedly belonging to a dead colonel fits Leroux better than the one he wears, but is fooled when Leroux, with Jack Spears acting as his advocate, claiming he could not afford a uniform that fit. He returns the command of the Light Company to Sharpe after the death of the new captain. Simmerson tries, on two occasions, to rape Lass, but fails both times, due both to Lass's pluck, and the intervention of an Irish priest, who thrashes Simmerson in a sword fight. Rifleman Matthew Dodd is a fictional character who appears in several of the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell. Cornwell, B. Pendleton was unfortunately killed during the battle. Shortly afterwards he encounters Sharpe with his mentor Colonel Hector McCandless and offers Sharpe a commission in his battalion. Rifleman Sean Donnelly is one of the original riflemen who was involved in the retreat to Corunna in Sharpe's Rifles though he was not mentioned in the novel. He went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca in Sharpe's Sword but he wasn't mentioned. NB see also the return for Mapps Estate, St George, in 1832. The small band of surviving riflemen (from the 95th Rifles) join with Spanish Major Don Blas Vivar, not realizing at first that he has his own agenda. He also said working girls used to come down the mine and work their trade among the men. Colonel Brian Windham first appears in Sharpe's Company as the new commander of the South Essex, replacing the injured Colonel William Lawford. At the climax of the novel, it is Nairn who leads the British force that comes to Sharpe's aid when he is facing a French attack at Adrados. In the TV adaptations, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill was played by Pete Postlethwaite. He then accompanied Sharpe on a mission to trade rifles to the partisans for deserters in their camp. LaCosta reappears in Sharpe's Enemy, taking place in 1812, as the supposed wife of Lt. As with Hogan, his absence from subsequent series is not explained. He has no personal friends and shows no sexual interest in women or in men, although is not entirely asexual, as in Sharpe's Battle it is said that he visits prostitutes. In the novels, the role of Skillicorn stealing a chicken is given to Private Batten. Rifleman Ned Tarrant is one of the original riflemen who was involved in the retreat to Corunna in Sharpe's Rifles though he was not mentioned in the novel. Either Horrell did not fight at Waterloo or he was killed prior to the battle. Captain Robert Knowles first appears in Sharpe's Eagle as an inexperienced lieutenant in the Light Company of the South Essex Regiment. Dobbs first appeared in Sharpe's Eagle where he was flogged for collapsing from exhaustion while on parade. It is with the South Essex later named Prince of Wales Own Volunteers that Sharpe spends the rest of his army career until he attains the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Sharpe's Waterloo. Captain Chase makes up part of the fleet that sails to Denmark, under Admiral Gambier, to help persuade the Danish to hand over their fleet for "protection" in 1807. Girdwood served as a junior officer in Ireland during the United Irish rebellion of 1798. Green went onto fight alongside Sharpe in Sharpe's Enemy but he wasn't mentioned at all. Rifleman McNeill first appeared in Sharpe's Havoc but would have accompanied Sharpe in the retreat to Corunna in Sharpe's Rifles. Learn how your comment data is processed. Pierre Ducos is a French secret agent and alongside Obadiah Hakeswill is Sharpe's most bitter and persistent enemy through the later novels. He also participated in the destruction of Almeida but wasn't mentioned in Sharpe's Gold; he also partook in Sharpe's Escape during the battle of Bussaco. LaCosta does not appear in the television adaptations of Sharpe's Gold or Sharpe's Enemy; her role in that story is taken by an original character with a similar backstory and a previous liaison with Sharpe, Lady Isabella Farthingdale, played by Elizabeth Hurley. Cornwell, B. Like Frederickson he was half German, half English. Rifleman Nicholas Hine never appeared in the TV series adaptations. He then returns to Spain with the regiment, now known as the Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers, and is promoted to captain and given command of a company after Captain Thomas is killed at the Battle of Nivelle. Subsequently, Knowles takes part in a successful escalade of the castle at Badajoz (in this Cornwell has borrowed the real life achievement of a Lieutenant James MacPherson). By 1820, after Napoleon's defeat and final exile, Calvet was reported as living in Louisiana in the United States rather than remain in France under a Bourbon king. Cornwell, B. He cameoed in Sharpe's Regiment but didn't get seen through the whole story, only in the start and end. Vicente's admiration of Sharpe is expressed in his decision to lead a company of sharpshooters in the Portuguese Army's newly-formed light infantry regiment (deliberately modeled after the British 95th Rifles, Sharpe's own regiment), and his adoption of many of Sharpe's personal idiosyncrasies, including carrying a 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword instead of the lighter sword or curved sabre usually carried by light infantry, and a Baker rifle, with which he has become expert after assiduous practice. Charlie Weller first appeared in Sharpe's Regiment when he was recruited into the South Essex's second battalion by Sergeant Horatio Havercamp. It is unknown when Latimer became a Sergeant, as in Sharpe's Rifles Sharpe only saw Harper as a suitable replacement for Williams. Jane attempts to persuade Rossendale to murder Sharpe during the chaos of the imminent battle. During the battle of Waterloo, after Sharpe takes command of the Prince of Wales' Own, Hagman takes a bullet through the chest and is fatally wounded. Cornwell, B. Bradshaw was also friends with Hagman, Moore and Harris, he was often seen with them. Rifleman Robinson only appeared in the television series and was not mentioned by Cornwell in the novels. By the way, I got a vintage box of staples for my little Presto, and it works well. He stopped to speak with the former poacher and helped him through a boggy ground. He went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca in Sharpe's Sword but he wasn't mentioned. In 1814, in the last months of the war, Lieutenant Colonel Hogan is fatally stricken by fever. He also featured in Sharpe's Eagle where Slattery fought with Sharpe in the Battle at Talavera. Rifleman Thompson never appeared in the TV series adaptations. Because of a prominent nose, he was often called Nosey behind his back. Don Blas had met with rebels under a flag of truce thinking they wanted to treat with him, they had mistaken him for his Francophile brother, however, and assumed he'd be interested in a plot to free Napoleon. 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