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Blanket, blue and red broad striped, said to have been used by Maj Tyrwhitt-Drake at the Battle of Waterloo, nd. In the colours of the Royal Horse Guards Regiment. Blanket was passed down through the Tyrwhitt-Drake family. Would have been worn rolled behind the saddle of his horse. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815) 1815.

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)