Happy Birthday, Duke of Wellington

On By Marc NadeauIn British Army, British Empire, Duke of Wellington, Europe, History, King and Country, Military, Waterloo
Wellington
King and Country item NA256 resting on the second tome of Rory Muir’s biography of the Duke of Wellington, with the Union Jack flag in the background.

Happy Birthday to the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, victor of Waterloo. An extraordinary figure whose unparalleled contribution helped saved Europe and the world from Napoleonic hegemony and tyranny. He would be 247 years old!

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