The King's German Legion (KGL; German: Des Königs Deutsche Legion) was a formation of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Its service on many battlefields of the Peninsula from the Lines of Torres Vedras to Bayonne, during the expedition to the Baltic Sea, in the Mediterranean and at Waterloo speaks for itself. This is a summary of its organization immediately before, during and after the battle of Waterloo.

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The 5th Line Battalion, King's German Legion was a line infantry battalion of the King's German Legion, a British Army formation of expatriate German troops which fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

The KGL was a superb fighting force that saw widespread service as part of the British Army from 1804 until 1815. It provided Wellington with arguably his finest cavalry during the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign.

The memorial commemorates soldiers of the King's German Legion (KGL), primarily drawn from the Kingdom of Hanover, who were killed during the 1815 battle. Amongst those killed during the fighting was Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ompteda .

Jun 13, 2014 · One of the most unusual, as well as the most heroic and distinguished Allied units in the Napoleonic Wars was the King’s German Legion (KGL).

The King's German Regiment (KGR) and later King's German Legion (KGL) was a amalgamation of primarily Hanoverian recruits from the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg when it was overrun by French forces with the resuming of hostilities between France and Britain in 1803.

The King's German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit of expatriate German personnel, 1803–16. The Legion achieved the distinction of being the only German force to fight without interruption against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.

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