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Battle of Waterloo †. Monument to Major General Ponsonby, the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo .
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Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 de octubre de 1772 - 18 de junio de 1815) fue un anglo -Político irlandés y oficial del ejército británico que sirvió en la Guerra Peninsular y murió en la Batalla de Waterloo. Vida temprana y educación. Fue el segundo hijo de William Ponsonby, quien fue nombrado barón Ponsonby de Imokilly en 1806, y el Excmo.
2 de feb. de 2019 · by John Morewood. Sir William Ponsonby. Sir William Ponsonby has gone down in immortality as leading the decisive charge of the Union Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18th, 1815. In the 1970’s film ‘Waterloo’ he was played by Michael Wilding and anyone who has seen this film will remember how he and a Scots Greys ...
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), PC (Ire) (15 September 1744 – 5 November 1806) was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament.
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- 15 September 1744, Dublin, Ireland
- 1806
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6 de jun. de 2018 · The Brigade commander was Major General Sir William Ponsonby who was Wellington’s most experienced commander of heavy cavalry. The Brigade has been together for three weeks- the Royals joining the other two regiments on 27th May- and Sir William had done his best to train them up to the standard he expected.
Waterloo General : the life, letters and mysterious death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772-1815 : Morewood, John, author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Morewood, John, author. Publication date. 2016. Topics. Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Biography, Great Britain.
The 2nd Brigade, also known as the Union Brigade, commanded by Major-General Sir William Ponsonby, was so called as it consisted of an English (the 1st or The Royals), a Scottish (2nd Scots Greys), and an Irish (6th or Inniskilling) regiment of heavy dragoons.
