Waterloo Medal Recipients, 1815

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Waterloo Medal Recipients, 1815

Waterloo Medal Recipients, 1815

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The Battle of Waterloo took place on June 18th, 1815. This collection contains details on recipients of the Waterloo Medal - issued to all those who took part in the campaign, thus making it historically important as the British Army's first ever true campaign medal. Information listed in these records may include: name, rank, regiment, subunit and details on the listed individual's fate.<br><br>The short but decisive Waterloo campaign finally ended the Napoleonic Wars, after the Emperor Napoleon, returning from a year's exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba, deposed the unpopular Bourbon monarchy, took Paris and launched an invasion of Belgium. The British and Prussian allies under the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blucher, fought holding factions at Quatre Bras and Waterloo before full battle was joined at Waterloo, just south of Brussels. The French launched furious assaults on the British drawn up in hollow squares, who maintained their positions despite heavy losses, until the arrival of the Prussians late in the day, finally broke French morale, leading to their complete rout and Napoleon's final exile to St Helena.

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