Field Marshal Sir Charles (Carl) August von Alten was a Hanoverian and British soldier who led the famous Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded a division in the front line, where he was wounded. He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian Army.
Alten as Minister of War
Statue in Hannover, Germany (Sculptor: Heinrich Kümmel).
General von Alten auf dem Schlachtfeld von Waterloo
The von-Alten-garden in Hanover on the grounds of his former house
The Light Division is a light infantry division of the British Army. It was reformed in 2022, as part of Future Soldier reforms.
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), early 1800s