Buried at Waterloo, Alive in Belgium for 37 Years
Napoleonic Era

Buried at Waterloo, Alive in Belgium for 37 Years

A British officer was buried with full military honors—except the body in the grave wasn't his.

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Napoleonic WarsBelgium19th CenturyMilitary HistoryIdentityBattlefieldBritish Empire

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