DBWI: Henry Paget Flashman killed in 1839?

[Zyzzyva]

Shortly after his expulsion from Rugby School in 1839, Harry Flashman joined up into the 11th Dragoons and rather quickly got himself challenged to a duel with another officer. He survived (and in the process got his first bit of fame en route to becoming the celebrated Victorian adventurer-war hero he was by the end of his life). However, what if he had been shot? What would happen to the British Empire without its most famous defender?

(Post-publication of his memoirs, or not. Either way, however, it must be acknowledged he had an effect on history - possibly more if you know the full story.)

 

[Flocculencio]

Shortly after his expulsion from Rugby School in 1839, Harry Flashman joined up into the 11th Dragoons and rather quickly got himself challenged to a duel with another officer. He survived (and in the process got his first bit of fame en route to becoming the celebrated Victorian adventurer-war hero he was by the end of his life). However, what if he had been shot? What would happen to the British Empire without its most famous defender?

(Post-publication of his memoirs, or not. Either way, however, it must be acknowledged he had an effect on history - possibly more if you know the full story.)

This hugely butterflies history. Harry Flashman was responsible for the historical outcomes of a whole lot of situations.

 

[Zyzzyva]

This hugely butterflies history. Harry Flashman was responsible for the historical outcomes of a whole lot of situations.

Well, yeah, exactly! What happens first? He was significant in the First Afghan War, but didn't really affect the outcome (that was all Elphy Bey). What was the next thing he did, chronologically?

 

[Michael B]

Have not read his memiors for some time but I do remember that he played a key role in the Indian Mutiny in getting the British to accept safe passage from Cawnpore only to be massacred during the evacuation.

Of course if he had not later escaped from being blown from a cannon, the British Empire would have been cleansed from a blot on its honour.