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Waterloo Medal awarded to those soldiers of the British Army who fought at the battle. Battle of Waterloo reenactment; Lord Uxbridge's leg was shattered by a grape-shot at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon. The artificial leg used by Uxbridge for the rest of his life was donated to a Waterloo Museum after his death.
Present at the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington had 71,257 soldiers available, 3,866 officers and 65,919 other ranks. By the end of the day's fighting the army had suffered 16,084 casualties (3,024 killed, 10,222 wounded and 2,838 missing) a loss of 24.6%.
The Waterloo campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army had been commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte , but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo .
Pages in category "People of the Battle of Waterloo" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. ... George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797)
Life Guards in action at Genappe during the Waterloo campaign, 1815. From 1812 to 1814, two squadrons from each of the Life Guard regiments served in the Peninsular War. [8] In 1815 they were part of The Household Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo under Major-General Lord Edward Somerset. [5]
The Waterloo Soldier is the skeleton of a soldier who died during the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. The skeleton is kept at the Memorial of Waterloo 1815 . The remains were discovered in 2012 during archaeological excavations carried out on the construction site of a new car park created at the approach of the bicentenary of the battle in ...
The unit was described as "lying dead in a square". At the time of Waterloo, the soldiers of the 27th were dressed in red, short-tailed jackets, overall trousers, and a high-fronted shako. The facing colour was buff and it was displayed on the collar, cuffs, and shoulder-straps. The lace on the cuffs and jackets had square-ended loops. [28]
Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776) Neil Campbell (British Army officer) Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet; Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart; James Charles Chatterton; Arthur Clifton; Charles Colville; George Cooke (British Army officer)