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Lord Uxbridge's leg was shattered, probably by a piece of case shot, at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon. [1] [2] The amputated right limb became a tourist attraction in the village of Waterloo, Belgium , where it had been removed and interred.
He inherited the title of Earl of Uxbridge on his father's death in March 1812 and was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 4 January 1815. Waterloo. During the Hundred Days he was appointed cavalry commander in Belgium, under the still resentful eye of Wellington.
5 de mai. de 2019 · Learn how the Earl of Uxbridge, a British cavalry commander at Waterloo, lost his leg to a French cannonball and how his amputated leg became a tourist attraction. Discover the history and fate of his leg's grave and bones.
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The Battle of Waterloo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ⓘ) was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Henry William Paget, also known as Lord Uxbridge, was a British cavalry leader and politician. He fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the British cavalry at Waterloo, where he lost his leg after a cannonball hit him.
Lord Uxbridge who lost his leg at the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815 In spite of their presence in the film ‘ Waterloo’ , the 88 th Foot, Connaught Rangers, was not present at Waterloo. They were on the far side of the Atlantic fighting the Americans.
Uxbridge was created Marquess of Anglesey for his services at Waterloo and became Field Marshal in 1846. NAM Accession Number. NAM. 1969-08-3-1. Copyright/Ownership. National Army Museum, London. Location. National Army Museum, Study collection. Object URL. https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1969-08-3-1.
