LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS PICTON & 32nd Regiment of Foot, Waterloo 1815 General Kellermann A young Arthur Wellesley joined

A young Arthur Wellesley joined the regiment as a subaltern in 1789

unlike many of the other less experienced regiments they held firm

consisting of the 11th

taking casualties but never wavering

As part of the Allied advance the British 12th Light Dragoons made the fatal mistake of charging them and they paid a terrible price for their audacity

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS PICTON & 32nd Regiment of Foot, Waterloo 1815 General Kellermann A young Arthur Wellesley joinedLieutenant General Thomas Picton The body of Lieutenant General Thomas Picton being carried from the Battlefield of Waterloo by two grenadiers from 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB, a Welsh officer of the British Army, fought in a number of campaigns for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible