TIL of Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, who had his leg blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Waterloo. It was put in a shrine in the garden of the house where he was amputated, becoming a local tourist attraction. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by 1945BestYear t3_y1n7br on October 11, 2022 at 11:02 PM in todayilearned 17 comments 418
Cissyhayes t1_is07okx wrote on October 12, 2022 at 10:49 AM He had 18 kids! Eloped with wife number two Permalink 2 coldfarm t1_is0p13d wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:33 PM Who was Wellington's sister-in-law. It made things awkward during the Hundred Days (Waterloo) Campaign when Uxbridge was defacto second-in-Command. Permalink Parent 3
coldfarm t1_is0p13d wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:33 PM Who was Wellington's sister-in-law. It made things awkward during the Hundred Days (Waterloo) Campaign when Uxbridge was defacto second-in-Command. Permalink Parent 3
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