Mike Robinson- The 69th Regiment in the Waterloo Campaign- through the eyes of two teenagers We’re bound together by our fascination with the Waterloo campaign, and the human experience of those that were involved. Mike’s talk will take two little-known accounts to tell the story of the 69th Regiment: George Ainslie, at 18 years […]
Josephine Oxley- Women of Influence – Wellington and his Friends ‘Women of Influence – Wellington and his Friends’ . How important were women in Wellington’s Life? In this talk we look at the nature of Wellington’s relationships and try to understand his often complicated personal life. Josephine Oxley is Keeper of the Wellington Collection at […]
Julian Spilsbury – Henry Hardinge (1785-1856) From the Peninsula to India Henry Hardinge is one of the forgotten heroes of this period. He served throughout the Peninsular War, was badly wounded at Ligny in 1815 and served in the Sikh Wars. He was known as ‘the man who saved India’. Well known historian and broadcaster […]
I am very conscious that with covid continuing, and dark nights creeping in we need to increase our offering to you our members. Despite being a technophobe, having been elected President of our Local History Society, I’ve had to get to grips with how we use Zoom and Eventbrite. This has helped me put together […]
The New Waterloo Association You Tube Channel – a Request for contributions Update: The first six of our podcasts are now available in the Members Area We are enhancing our services to members by developing our technology platform. We now have a You Tube channel. It will hold podcasts (audio recordings) and videos. Some will […]
The event has now been moved to next year. Due to the current crisis we have had to reschedule for September. If you are an attendee please contact John Morewood. As we know the fighting did not finish for Wellington on the 18th June. The celebrated French defensive fortifications had to be persuaded to […]