Charge of the 1st Life Guards at Waterloo, 1815

Chromolithograph after Henry Joseph 'Harry' Payne (1858-1927), 1890 (c).

Both the 1st and 2nd Life Guards were part of Lord Somerset's Household Brigade during the Waterloo campaign. They took part in the famous charge of the British Heavy Cavalry against Marshal D'Erlon's infantry corps before being subjected to a severe mauling by French lancers and cuirassiers.