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The Battle of Waterloo Experience, with Dan and Peter Snow
June 15, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
Watch celebrity historians Peter and Dan Snow talk about the Battle of Waterloo, and their collaboration with the National Army Museum: The Snows have co-authored a new book, The Battle of Waterloo Experience, in partnership with the National Army Musuem. The Battle of Waterloo Experience draws on the fantastic archive of the National Army Museum […]
Waterloo Lives: In Their Own Words
June 15, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
Get involved in the National Army Museum’s project to capture previously hidden information about its unique Napoleonic archive. The National Army Museum has recently digitised a selection of its Napoleonic archive. This collection covers a wide range of material on the Battle of Waterloo and the wider Napoleonic conflict. It includes the personal journals and […]
Waterloo Coverage on BBC1
June 14, 2015 - The Chairman
At yesterdays coverage on the Queen’s Birthday Parade otherwise known as Trooping the Colour there was extensive mention of Waterloo. Not only was the excavations at Waterloo covered but the redoubtable Graham Jones did a piece to camera on the Waterloo Pageant on Sunday 21st June in the Mall. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05zr465/trooping-the-colour-2015 and to 0208 hrs […]
Waterloo at Waterloo
June 14, 2015 - The Chairman
Last week a lovely plaque was placed in Waterloo Station. Serjeant Gibson and I went along to see the opening ceremony. The 9th Duke did the honours and I must say we were all very impressed by this fine memorial organised by The London Mint. It shows the reverse of the Waterloo Medal designed […]
Early sight of Commemorative Programme
June 13, 2015 - The Chairman
We have just had the delivery of the Commemorative Programme for the service in St Paul’s next Thursday. Its a superb publication with some fabulous illustrations. It has been very put together by a team of experts with something for everybody. Serjeant Gibson was somewhat puzzled why the 33rd of Foot were not mentioned. So […]
Waterloo re-enacted with music
June 12, 2015 - The Chairman
Serjeant Gibson and I attended the Beating Retreat on Horse Guards last night and it was a really excellent show. Many re enacters did a great job and there was a certain atmosphere and as the picture shows the smoke and noise were very effective.The Massed Bands of the Household Division played very well and […]
Mercer Grave Restored in Time
June 7, 2015 - The Chairman
The money was fortunately found to restore the grave of Cavalié Mercer and here I show a stonemason re-pointing the inscription. The race is to restore the grave in time for the ceremony on 18th June. It’s a particularly interesting and attractive grave and we can thank Robert Pocock in taking the initiative to organise […]
Daily Mail!
June 6, 2015 - The Chairman
Extraordinarily enough the Daily Mail did a piece in yesterday’s edition and then Serjeant Gibson told me there was an additional piece in today’s Mail. It was good to see an imaginary report of Waterloo on 22 June 1815. I was pleased to see they had used this web site to extract some facts for their […]
Good Morning Duke!
May 29, 2015 - The Chairman
I and Serjeant Gibson were in Wellington Barracks the other day and bumped into the Great Duke. It’s a fine sculpture which had been in the forecourt of the Military Chapel in Caterham Barracks, which was turned into a very successful housing estate by Linden Homes in the late 1990s. It was originally presented to […]
The Returning Soldier
May 27, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
Londoners are being treated to a very modern take on the life of a soldier, as a thought-provoking piece of street art, ‘The Returning Soldier’, was unveiled in Shoreditch to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 2015). Watch this video to find out more about the project. The unique artwork, […]