Were 1 in 20 Waterloo Casualties Women?

[CALGACUS03]

(I ... associate the 1 in 20 figure with the dead following the battle of Waterloo. Supposedly the same ratio of combatents were found there to be women masquerading as men).

Incidentally, I have no knowledge of the veracity of ... the above.

 

[EnolaGaia]

...(I ... associate the 1 in 20 figure with the dead following the battle of Waterloo. Supposedly the same ratio of combatents were found there to be women masquerading as men).

There were a surprising number of female casualties at Waterloo, among whom some were wearing military type garb. This was not unusual for wives, women auxiliary personnel, and camp followers, so such clothing didn't necessarily represent a woman masquerading as a male soldier.

The number of such female deaths was more than one would expect, but I don't know whether it ran as high as a 1 in 20 ratio. See:

http://www.historynet.com/napoleonic-wars-women-at-waterloo.htm