Event    From 18/6/1815  To 18/6/1815

Battle of Waterloo

Categories: Armed Forces

Just like a Hollywood movie that doesn't know when to end, Napoleon escaped from Elba, and returned for one last attempt at world domination. The memorial at the station refers to the "Allied armies" which rather recalls the WW2 term for the good guys. In 1815 these were: Austria, Prussia, Russia and the UK. Our picture source, the BBC, has a pretty good timeline for the Battle, which the Allies won, by the way.

Waterloo, once countryside in the Netherlands, is now a suburb of Brussels in Belgium.

For the story of how the news of the victory at Waterloo reached London see The Waterloo Way.

2022: The Guardian reported on the on-going mystery of what happened to the dead. Tens of thousands of men and horses died but the bones seem to have disappeared. It was thought that the bones were collected and pulverised into fertiliser for agricultural use. Academic archaeologists have been researching reports from the time and are planning a visit to the battlefield to see if they can find some graves.

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Battle of Waterloo

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Achilles statue

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Battle of Waterloo

The Fitzwilliam Museum has a page showing an original medal and: "The victory...

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Duke of Wellington statue - EC2

Unveiled in Wellington's presence, this is one of only a handful of statues i...

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7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Formed in 1937 by renaming the 24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's). The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association website gives an outline of this battalion show...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
A. Baines

A. Baines

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
R. Welder

R. Welder

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
E. J. Stanley

E. J. Stanley

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan

George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan

Naval officer and politician. Born St James's Square. Joined the Navy aged 13 (this was not uncommon) and served in the French Revolutionary Wars. Charles had 7 elder brothers so the chances of him...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial