Thomas de Croismare was a lieutenant with Napoleon’s army at the Battle of Borodino
1812 outside Moscow (Bataille de la Moskova) the deadliest day of the Napoleonic
Wars.
He was also present when Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1815. de Croismare was wounded in the shoulder and the mouth.
With the creation of Belgium in 1830, de Croismare became a book-keeper, and
later an employee at the Ministry of Finance, where he rose to a post of
considerable trust.
He was noted for his playing of the violoncello, and for the attentions that
he paid to women, although he never did marry.
He died at the age of 68. This resulted in an astonishment in that, when his
body was being washed prior to interment, it was discovered that it was of the
female type.
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