The cardigan and the raglan are named after war commanders
Two wardrobe staples are named after British army commanders. The cardigan takes its name from the Earl of Cardigan, who led the doomed Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War in 1854. The raglan sleeve is named after Lord Raglan, who lost an arm at Waterloo in 1815 and had his coats cut with a diagonal seam so he could dress more easily. Even the balaclava is named after that same Crimean battle.