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tags: Battle of Waterloo, momento mori, Captain George Holmes, killed, battle, lid, waterloo, vertebra, bone
Here’s an unusual and rather poignant momento mori of poor Captain George Holmes - senior officer killed in one of the hardest hit infantry battalions at the Battle of Waterloo. He was killed by a small lead ball that entered his chest cavity, after
tags: Battle of Waterloo, momento mori, Captain George Holmes, killed, battle, lid, waterloo, vertebra, bone