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The Surgeon’s Blade: Transport of wounded or sick soldiers in the Peninsula
July 28, 2017 - Richard Moss
Mick Crumplin continues his medical blog by looking at Transport of wounded or sick soldiers in the Peninsula Wars Transport for supplies, casualties and sick, ammunition and equipment was a massive challenge for Arthur Wellesley in the Peninsular campaigns (1808-14). He was starting a series of movements to defend his boundaries, plan for evacuation if […]
Waterloo Messenger, The Life of Henry Percy
July 24, 2017 - The Chairman
Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter reviews WATERLOO MESSENGER, The Life of Henry Percy by William Mahon, Published by Pen and Sword This small volume is something of a gem penetrating a very small part of the Waterloo story. Henry Percy, a scion of the Northumberland Family, was the man who brought the dramatic news of Waterloo to […]
Wellington Looks On
July 20, 2017 - The Chairman
Passing by Aldershot the other day I espied the famous statue of Wellington, which once upon a time sat on top of the Wellington Arch when it was aligned with Decimus Burton’s famous screen. I am always amused by the cartoon by John Leech which depicts the statue being moved down Edgeware Road on its way […]
Napoleon to Joséphine
July 8, 2017 - The Chairman
In a recent Country Life an article covered the love letters of famous men. One of the letters was a letter from Bonaparte to Joséphine, the future Empress. It reads: “I do not love thee anymore; on the contrary I detest thee. Thou art horrid, very awkward, very stupid, a very Cinderella. Thou dost not […]
The Fields of Death by Simon Scarrow
July 8, 2017 - The Chairman
I was recently given a copy of a novel about Waterloo. I don’t normally read novels but this of course was different. A novel about Wellington and Napoleon on that great day perhaps? But No! It was a fairly straightforward interpretation of Napoleon’s and the Iron Duke’s campaigns from Spain to Waterloo. I am pretty […]
A new Waterloo film drama takes shape
May 26, 2017 - Richard Moss
A new film drama is being developed by filmmaker Blake Sporne that takes The Battle of Waterloo as the backdrop to a story that explores friendship, loyalty and family ties in times of extreme peril. Developed with screenplay writer Ross Owen Williams, Producer Sporne has made a sumptuously filmed proof of concept for the new film, called […]
An interesting church
May 19, 2017 - The Chairman
Yesterday I attended the Memorial Service to Sir Ronald Hobson who died aged 96. The service was held in the Grosvenor Chapel in South Audley Street. Its a most beautiful church which might have been a Wren church but is not. There are two relevant connections to Waterloo in this event. Foremost Ron Hobson was […]
The Surgeon’s Blade: The field tourniquet
May 12, 2017 - Mick Crumplin
The Tourniquet (any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding – the word is derived from 17th C. French – a device that operates by turning, from tourner, to turn) Since around 75% of injured survivors have traditionally been wounded in the limbs, it would seem […]
Wellington’s Legacy
May 11, 2017 - The Chairman
The other day several ex members of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment which was sadly amalgamated in 2006 gathered at the school in Berkshire named after The Great Duke, Wellington College. School and Regiment meet. It is now a leading public school and nurtures the memory of the Duke. We were treated to a drumming […]
Join the TeachMeet Revolution
May 11, 2017 - Anna Husband
What do a giant pickled squid, virtual-reality masks, a group of teachers, cultural and digital providers and the original Wellington boot all have in common? They are, of course, the perfect ingredients for a lively and inspiring TeachMeet. For the uninitiated, a TeachMeet is simply a group of teachers and educators coming together to share […]
