About Samuel Ferrior
Lived 1772 – 1815 (aged 42–43). Samuel Ferrior was an actor.
Samuel Ferrior (177218 June 1815) was a British soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815.
Career and subsequently to lieutenant-colonel.
At the Battle of Waterloo, the 1st Life Guards formed part of the 1st (or household) brigade of heavy cavalry under Major-General Lord Edward Somerset.
Records suggest that during the battle, as major and Lieutenant-colonel he led his regiment in eleven charges, most of which were not made until after "his head had been laid open by the cut of a sabre and his body was pierced with a lance".
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Who was Samuel Ferrior?
British soldier
When was Samuel Ferrior born?
Samuel Ferrior was born in 1772.
When did Samuel Ferrior die?
Samuel Ferrior died on 18 June 1815.
What was Samuel Ferrior's occupation?
Samuel Ferrior was an actor.
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