British Auxiliary Legion

Members of the British Auxiliary Legion at Vitoria in 1837, from a contemporary lithograph by John West Giles

The British Auxiliary Legion, also called the British Legion (La Legión Británica) or Westminster Legion, existed from 1835 to 1837. It was a British military force sent to Spain to support the Liberals and Queen Isabella II of Spain against the Carlists in the First Carlist War.