Sabretache, Lieutenant-General Henry William Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, 7th (or the Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), 1815
sabretache, sabretache
Accession Number
NAM.1960-02-123-1
Description
Sabretache, General Officers’, Army Staff, worn by Lt Gen Henry William Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, as colonel of 7th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons, 1815 (c). Red Morocco leather with gold embroidery of royal monogram with crown above and crossed swords below. Associated with Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Uxbridge commanded the British cavalry at Waterloo. At the end of the Battle of Waterloo his right knee was shattered by a piece of shot which narrowly missed the Duke of Wellington. He was carried to a house at Waterloo where his leg was amputated.
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
