Our autumn meeting will take place on Wednesday 13th November in the splendid surroundings of Apsley House “No 1 London” purchased by the First Duke from his brother in 1817.We are very grateful to the current Duke for allowing us to visit outside normal visiting times and for him agreeing to talk to us about […]
Saturday 7 September 2019 Study Day – Gunpowder weapons in the Napoleonic Wars The Battlefields Trust in partnership with the Waterloo Association and the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, present a one-day seminar from 9.30 a.m.–5.30 p.m., on gunpowder weapons in the Napoleonic Wars. The venue will be the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu Drive, […]
Lancashire Infantry Museum, Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire PR2 8AA Saturday 26th October 2019. Arrival 10.30am Website: www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk After the successful 2018 event held at Preston, we return to The Lancashire Infantry Museum which houses one of the largest and most important Infantry Regimental collections in the country. We shall enjoy a visit to the museum […]
This year we commemorate the birth of many individuals who played a key role in the Napoleonic Wars not only Napoleon and Wellington. The Waterloo Association is pleased to announce that it will be running an event from late afternoon on Friday 4th October to mid afternoon on Saturday 5th October at the stunning Chicheley […]
Each year the Association runs a trip abroad for its members. The aim is for members to have an enjoyable and informative experience without it being an expensive undertaking. Indeed, no profit margin is built in to the costing and the guides do not make a charge for their time. So prices tend to be […]
Joint Battlefield Trust/Waterloo Association event Sunday June 23rd 2019, 1.30pm Norman Cross was the site of the world’s first purpose-built prisoner-of-war concentration camp. It was constructed during the Napoleonic Wars near Peterborough and was an important prison and military establishment housing up to 7,000 French inmates. The site was a prefabricated structure most of which […]