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Richard Twistleton Fawcett was commissioned Cornet in the 3rd Light Dragoons on 14 March 1812 and promoted Lieutenant on 7 April 1813. Participating in the Peninsula campaign from June of that year through to the Battle of Toulouse and the conclusion of the war (April 1814), he was then placed on half-pay. On 11 November 1825 Fawcett was promoted Captain in the 2nd Dragoons (London Gazette 12 November 1825) later retired in February 1838.
