coldfarm t1_is0p13d wrote
Reply to comment by Cissyhayes in 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. by 1945BestYear
Who was Wellington's sister-in-law. It made things awkward during the Hundred Days (Waterloo) Campaign when Uxbridge was defacto second-in-Command.
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