Please click to download the PDF of The Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras June 2026 Newsletter Newsletter_Jun2026 v1 Please note there is a change to the last talk of the programme. We are fortunate to have Sue Law talking on The Light Division: Wellington’s Advanced Guard in the Peninsula at 7pm […]
Those interested in the field of Napoloenic history would do well to look at the Friends of The Lines of Torres Vedras, their January Newsletter is now available for download. Newsletter_Jan2026 v6
Friends of The Lines of Torres Vedras December Newsletter Those interested in the field of Napoloenic history would do well to look at the Friends of The Lines of Torres Vedras. Below are the links to their December Newsletter and the details of their October 2026 Guided Trip to the Lines. December Newsletter Elvas, […]
At the beginning on 2026 we will hold another of our popular Winter Lecture Series live on Zoom Head to our Event page to find the full details. WAL1-The Frasers and Unetts-and the Napoleonic Wars-Gareth Glover WAL2-The Seventh Division in 1812 – John Morewood WAL3-Nelson and the Slave Trade- Chris Brett WAL4-The Grand Battery at […]
East India Club 16 Saint James’s Square London SW1Y 4LH 5:30 – 8:30pm Members will have an opportunity to socialise before attending the AGM to receive the reports of the various officers, accept the accounts and raise any queries. After the AGM there will be a talk by Dr Philip Mansel on ‘Louis XVIII, Wellington […]
Details of the Winter Lecture series have now been released. Please see our events page for the details There will be six lectures in the series, detail of No.4 in the series will be released later. Don’t forget to follow us on Eventbrite to get notified and book our events.
Click the link below to download the latest Waterloo Association Newsletter. Containing updates on our Winter Lecture Series, events you may be interested in and much more. Monthly Newsletter_Issue 5_November 2024 If you are a member you should recieve it via email, if not then we need to update our database, please let […]
Summary of the military service of John Luard.
Welcome to the fourth edition of our monthly newsletter, which outlines information on future events organised by the association, non-WA sponsored events, and other relevant information for members. Click here to view
Welcome to the third edition of our monthly newsletter, which outlines information on future events organised by the association, non-WA sponsored events, and other relevant information for members. Waterloo Association members should receive this by email. If you do not please do let us know at: membershipsecretarywa@gmail.com There are still places available […]
Monthly Newsletter Issue No.2. August 2024 Then came the hour of the British triumph at Waterloo The magic word was spoken…..’Up guards and at them’ Wellington in person directed the attack. Welcome to the second edition of our monthly newsletter, which outlines information on future events organised by the association, non-WA sponsored events, and other […]
Monthly Newsletter Issue 1 July 2024 Welcome to the first edition of our monthly newsletter, which outlines information on future events organised by the association, non-WA sponsored events, and other relevant information for members. Last month the WA hosted its Midlands regional event at a new venue in Birmingham, which […]
Our Member Zone has over 40 Videos exclusively for members. Including many from our recent Winter Lecture Series. The latest addition is: British Officers in the Portuguese Army 1809-1821’ – by Rob Burnham Your password to the Member Zone is contained within your Journal.
Waterloo Association AGM and Lecture on Wellington and India Drinks Reception & AGM for WA members. Professor Martin Howard will then talk on Wellington & the British Army’s Indian Campaigns 1798-1805 Timetable 5.30pm Drinks Reception 5.45pm ish AGM 6.30pm ish Professor Martin Howard’s talk. The talk will be face to face only. 7.30pm Attendees […]
Historians Review: Napoleon, The Waterloo Association Podcast
Waterloo Association Trip to Paris 2024- Now Full
Historians React to the Napoleon Trailer – Waterloo Association Podcast In this special episode of the Waterloo Association podcast, Membership Secretary Owen Davis, is joined by Paul Brunyee and John Morewood to discuss the latest trailer for the upcoming film Napoleon. Paul is the editor of the Waterloo Journal and has a particular interest […]
Napoleon: Trailer First Thoughts The first trailer for the upcoming film Napoleon has just been released. Please follow this link to our sister site, The Napoleon Series to read a review from a more historical perspective. Hopefully this film will be an inspiration for many more people to learn the story of this […]
In 2023 The Waterloo Association celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark this occasion the Association will hold a celebratory lunch after which Professor Andrew Roberts, Lord Roberts of Belgravia, will give a talk on a Napoleonic related theme. The Association’s AGM will be held after Andrew’s talk. Please note timings are approximate and will […]
Dear Member As you know we have been running another series of online Winter Lectures. For those of you how were unable to watch them live we try to make as many of them as possible to view later in our Member’s Area. Please understand that this is not possible for all the talks we […]
New Video: The Convention of Cintra and the liberation of Portugal Now Available In The Members Area
Welcome to the first talk in our third year of the Winter Lecture Series. This lecture places the liberation of Portugal (1808) within its economic, logistical, political, and social context. It culminated in the defeat of Junot at Vimeiro and the Convention of Cintra. The French had no option but to accept evacuation on British […]
The Waterloo Association would like to express our heartfelt thanks for the life and work of HM Queen Elizabeth ll. She led our country for 70 years with dignity and selfless dedication, representing our nation to the world. She will be greatly missed.
Many thanks to those of you who attended the recent AGM at Apsley House. You will have heard from our Membership Secretary Owen Davis updating us on membership numbers. Membership numbers are up by 6% and there has been a particular growth in the number of Overseas members. The Winter Lecture Series continues to be […]
Was Black Bob Craufurd a great general? A necessary Reappraisal Much has been written about General Robert Craufurd ‘Black Bob’ praising his strict discipline within the Light Division and his generalship. However, few men are heroes to their subordinates and it is certainly true that he had many detractors in his own division, but their […]
Sandwiched between two commentaries on the role of Eton alumni during the Waterloo Campaign, Mick Crumplin will present some general surgical reports, images and results from the hospitals in Brussels and Antwerp. For many wounded officers and men, the battle was not yet over. Injury was no respecter of class or education. Mick Crumplin, a […]
The most recent instalment of our Winter Lecture Series had now been released exclusively for our members. Head over to our members section to find this video and many others. You will find the password contained within your journal. In this talk Andrew Field examines whether the Prince of Orange was an inexperienced, conceited and tactically inept […]
The Rise and Decline of Smuggling during the Napoleonic Wars – by Dr. John Morewood The most recent instalment of our Winter Lecture Series had now been released exclusively for our members. Head over to our members section to find this video and many others. You will find the password contained within your journal. […]
The Waterloo Association’s Midlands group is happy to present a talk by Andrew Field on the 3rd (British) Division at Waterloo. This talk looks at the division’s composition and its experience on the battlefield of Waterloo. This forms the backdrop for Field to examine the circumstances surrounding the arrest of General Kielmansegge and his handling […]
Diary entries for Lieutenant Colonel Felton Hervey
Writings of Captain Carl Hodenberg, 1st KGL Dragoons, aide de camp to General von Bock
Letter from George Grey to his mother enclosed with his Will (day before the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent)
In August 1811 he became a Lieutenant colonel in the 23rd Light Dragoons but remained on Wellington’s staff until July 1812.
Letter from the Duke of Wellington
Collection of letters from George Hervey Percival Coldstream Guards
Letters written by Ensign John Hamilton, 2nd Line Battalion King’s German Legion to his wife.
Kindly supplied by Mark Biggs of Australia (a descendant)
Letter from George Grey to his mother enclosed with his Will (day before the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent)
The Correspondence of Major General William Henry Pringle
The Diary of William Laycock
The Statement of Sergeant Thomas Patton
Operations on the East Coast of Spain 1812-13 - Major General Ross or officer commanding Cartagena
He later became a 2nd Captain serving with the Spanish army. He was a witness to the Toulon fleet escaping from the Mediterranean, which eventually led to the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
The letter of General Lallemand to General Slade, written on Board the Bellerophon in the roads of Plymouth.
Letter from Catherine Younghusband, wife of Captain Robert Younghusband of the 2nd Battalion 53rd Foot at St Helena.
He joined the regiment on 14 April 1814 and he fought at the Battle of Waterloo. He became a Captain in February 1835 and retired on half pay in 1841.
Recollection of service at walcheren by captain joseph barrallier, late 71st regiment.
Letters of Captain Edward Thomas Fitzgerald 25th Foot. The originals of these letters are now held by the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.
Collection of letters from John Gray Private 33rd Regiment
He had previously served as a Captain in the 23rd Foot Regiment, but transferred to the 7th Light Dragoons on 15 June 1809. He served in the peninsula from August 1813 to April 1814, so it would appear that he wrote in two sequential journals, but we now only have the second covering the last few months of the war. From December 1813 Keane served on the staff of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian.
NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO by an officer of the 94th Regiment