William Davy

Major Davy was the officer in command of the 5/60th during the first years of the Peninsular War. He is a background character on Show the Colours and is NPC'd when necessary.

Service with the 60th
William Gabriel Davy commanded the 60th Rifles in the early Peninsular War. He joined them from the 61st as a Captain in 1802, and became Major in 1807; he received the Army Gold medal for the battles of Rolica, Vimeiro and Talavera and transferred to the 7th Garrison Battalion in December 1809. He became a Knight of Hanover, a general in 1854 and was appointed colonel of the 1/60th in November 1842. He died in Gloucestershire in January 1856.