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Peninsula veterans at Waterloo

I have recently read that of Wellington's 25,000 British troops at Waterloo, only 7000 were veterans from the Peninsula war. This strikes m…

Started by Paul Goldstone

8 Dec 21, 2012
Reply by Paul Goldstone

Shewsbury Cavalry date 1803

hello, I have a sword of the Shewsbury cavalry dated 1803 as being a gift to a Mr Richard Davies. As the use of Mr which is a none military…

Started by michael callaghan

2 Oct 21, 2012
Reply by michael callaghan

England 1814-15

My g,g,g grandfather returned to Chatham with the 52nd Reg of Foot after the Battle of Toulouse. Until being sent to Belgium in readiness f…

Started by Janet Jefferies

1 Aug 2, 2012
Reply by michael callaghan

Volunteer Flags

I would be interested to know if any examples of Volunteer flags remain.   In Hampshire I know of flags in the churches at Hambledon and Ha…

Started by Keith Oliver

3 Dec 19, 2011
Reply by Professor Ian Beckett

Volunteer Discipline

In 1804 a drummer in the third East India Company volunteer regiment was found guilty by court martial of desertion. A sentence of 500 lash…

Started by Roger Knight

7 Nov 23, 2011
Reply by Roger Knight

Call for papers - Contested Views: Visual Culture and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

In July 2012, in advance of commemoration of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, Tate Britain is to host a two-day conference explor…

Started by Kevin Linch

0 Oct 31, 2011

Commission of Military Enquiry

I am trying to pin down the backgrounds of the members of the Commission of Military Enquiry which published 19 Reports between 1806 and 18…

Started by Roger Knight

1 Oct 26, 2011
Reply by Bas de Groot

Help!

Heya guys,   I was wondering if any of you would be able to help me? I'm beginning to pull some ideas together for my page on the life of a…

Started by Gemma Bagshaw

6 Oct 26, 2011
Reply by Bas de Groot

Future of our network

Hi All,   As some of you will be aware the AHRC funding that has supported this project comes to an end in January. Firstly just to let you…

Started by Kevin Linch

1 Oct 20, 2011
Reply by Dr Matthew McCormack

Casualties in the Coldstream Guards on the 27th of August 1799

Dear all, as I am new to this site allow me to introduce myself: I am a Dutch archaeologist currently working on a project involving Britis…

Started by Esther Poulus

0 Sep 30, 2011

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