The Waterloo Podcast

Part 1 of the Union Brigade. The Royals from Fuentes D'Onor and Maguilla in the Peninsula to the Littleport Riots and beyond. Enormous thanks to Ted Heath at the Household Museum and archive at Windsor, and also to Ian Smith for his amazing French research. contact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 1 of a three-part look at "the battle within a battle" - the struggle for Hougoumont Farm. I'm also planning an episode specifically on the difficulties in researching the Coldstream of 1815. Many thanks to the fantastic help from the volunteers who read the extracts in this episode, especially the current and ex-members of the regiments involved: from the Coldstream Guards - Lt. Col. Charlie...

One of the heroes of the Royal Horse Artillery, Major Norman Ramsay led H-Troop at Waterloo. Please click Like & Subscribe if you enjoyed this podcast. Many thanks to Alistair White, Jonathan Durbin, Stuart Lyon, Jack Cawley, Paul Phillips, and Jack Humphry YouTube version at: https://youtu.be/av9t9FFsPxY?si=F4qt_bLSas_F35RR You can also listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T3kxk0...

The final part of this 3-part look at Grant's cavalry brigade. Split into two parts at Waterloo, the regiment accompanied the 13th Light Dragoons in repeated attacks on French cavalry and infantry. We also hear of the regiment's involvement in three monumental events in British social history. Many thanks to: Robert Polley, Major “Smudge” Smith, Paul Hayward, Diogo Vasconcellos, Mick Crumplin, Dav...

The second part of this look at Grant's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo. This episode follows the 13th Light Dragoons from Portugal in 1810 to India in the 1820s. Many thanks to the kind volunteers who read the extracts for this episode: George Williams, Philip Holden, Jonathan Durbin, Barry Millar, Dominic McBrien, Diogo Vasconcellos, Paul Allford, and Paul Phillips. Two errata: It should be Church A...

The first of a three-part look at Grant's Brigade of Light Cavalry. Many thanks to the kind assistance in producing this episode: Rob Hogan, Andy Milton, Harry Bucknall, Stuart Lyon, Dominic McBrien, Andrew Baillie, Diogo Vasconcellos, James Black, Alistair White, Miles Mooney, Philip Holden, and Paul Hayward, Youtube version at: https://youtu.be/pGuhETmk__M?si=-ouZm-APF_HSuDQu Contact: waterloopo...

This episode looks into the strange silence surrounding this battery and does some heavy reading between the lines. Audio version available for download at: https://shows.acast.com/the-waterloo-... Sincere thanks to: Alistair White, Mads Carstensen, and Paul Phillips The Kuhlmann source comes from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterloo-Arc... Contact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See a...

The final episode of this 4-part look at Halkett's Brigade in 1815. Audio podcast available to download at Acast: https://shows.acast.com/the-waterloo-... Please do send any comments, requests and ideas for future episodes to waterloopodcast@outlook.com If anyone would like to help out with reading extracts on these episodes, do please get in touch! Sincere thanks to the fantastic volunteers who r...

Part 3 of this 4-part look at Halkett's Brigade in 1815. Youtube version is at https://youtu.be/hTCIvfnNVtU?si=3sONViYtNcEFEWmp Please do send any comments, requests and ideas for future episodes to waterloopodcast@outlook.com If anyone would like to help out with reading extracts on these episodes, do please get in touch! Sincere thanks to the fantastic volunteers who read the extracts for this e...

The story of the Havercake Lads - part two of this 4-part series on Halkett's 5th Brigade at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Many thanks to all the kind volunteers who helped out reading the lines for this episode. contact:waterloopodcast@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first of a 4-part series examining Halkett's 5th Brigade of infantry in 1815. Many thanks to Steve Brown for his excellent research on the 30th's postings: https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_30thFoot.html I also meant to mention Carole Divall's works. I very much enjoyed her Inside The Regiment which looks specifically at the day to day life...

The fourth and final of these episodes over Christmas 2024/early 2025 which look at random tales related to Waterloo. This week we look at the disastrous assault on the Dutch fortress of Bergen op Zoom in March 1814. The reason for looking at this battle is that many of the British troops who were engaged in the attack would be at Waterloo the following year, and it will be helpful to have this ep...

The third in this 4-part series over Christmas and New Year looking at interesting stories from. This week we look at a tragedy which befell the 59th Foot on their return home in January 1816. Many thanks to Steve Powell for his superb help as Captain Biggs. Please do Like and Subscribe. Many thanks in advance for all the kind comments and emails I have received for the previous episodes. They are...

From storming fortresses in Spain and Holland to the Battle of Waterloo, from elephant treks in the foothills of the Himalayas to convict ships to Van Diemen's Land, lightning strikes and tiger attacks, all this and more from the only Waterloo man to be awarded Napoleon's Légion d'honneur. See the full presentation at https://youtu.be/wz4K5YgAj-k?si=y2YIKp1QbJQYblG- Contact:waterloopodcast@outlook...

Episode 15 - The story which rocked English society in 1814 - a tale of cowardice, adultery, corruption, and duels. This is the first of a short series of episodes over this Christmas/New Year season looking at some of the stranger stories connected to the battle of Waterloo. I hope you enjoy them. Many thanks to the kind volunteers who've made such a fantastic contribution to this episode: Andrew...

Captain Edward Whinyates' Troop was unique among the Royal Horse Artillery Troops at Waterloo as it was armed with Congreve rockets in addition to the standard 6 guns. Watch the full presentation at https://www.youtube.com/@TheWaterlooPodcast-ks4ox Contact: w aterloopodcast@outlook.com Many thanks to: Chris Chambers, Andrew Baillie, Stuart Lyon, Philip Holden, Matt Taylor, Paul Hayward, Paul Phill...

Third and final part of this look at Vandeleur's brigade in 1815. The 16th Light Dragoons were an experienced regiment of Peninsula veterans. Later, after Waterloo, the regiment was converted to lancers and, after a royal scandal, banished to India for 25 years. Erratum - I refer to the superb research of Janet and David Bromley and their work "Wellington's Men Remembered" but accidentally say "Be...

Part 2 of Vandeleur's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo. The 12th Light Dragoons were an experienced regiment of Peninsula veterans, with some men having served as far back as Egypt in 1801. At Waterloo they suffered the highest casualties of all the British light cavalry regiments (excluding the King's German Legion) in their attempt to support the heavy cavalry charges of the Household and Union Briga...

The first of three episodes looking at the 4th (Vandeleur's) British Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo, as well as the hard years before and after 1815. https://youtu.be/sTboF7Oid04 Also available on Spotify and Podbean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look at Major William Lloyd's battery over three days of fighting in 1815. Lloyd's battery suffered the worst casualties of any of the Royal Artillery batteries in the campaign. You can find the Youtube version here: https://youtu.be/qD2LcpqHzdU and also follow on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6T3kxk0d5mtYmtlnjFTZx1?si=9d4eef4f46294397 Questions and suggestions always welcome at waterl...

Episode 9 – the final part of Kempt’s Brigade YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWaterlooPodcast-ks4ox Audio version: https://open.acast.com/public/streams/66748ff9a4ecc300122e8458/episodes/66ecae7d0807ffb4e884d523.mp3 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T3kxk0d5mtYmtlnjFTZx1 Many thanks to the kind volunteers who add so much to episodes with their reading of extracts: Captain Tommas...

Episode 8 - The 79th Foot (Cameron Highlanders) - part 3 of this look at Kempt's Infantry Brigade in 1815. Please check out the YouTube version https://www.youtube.com/@TheWaterlooPodcast-ks4ox for full visual effect and please Like and Subscribe. One small addendum - I made the claim that none of the drummers were teenagers, shortly after discussing 18-yr-old Swedish drummer Henry Fogerberry! So...

The 32nd (Cornwall) Foot - the second part of a study of Kempt's Infantry Brigade in the campaign of 1815 You can watch the YouTube version (with graphs and images etc) at: https://youtu.be/Xzq8cF48xkw My name is Martin Aaron, I'm a lecturer at University College London. Since the year 2000 I’ve been building a database of the British army at Waterloo. By compiling original records from the Public...

Watch the episode at: http://www.youtube.com/@TheWaterlooPodcast-ks4ox My name is Martin Aaron, I'm a lecturer at University College London. Since the year 2000 I’ve been building a database of the British army at Waterloo. By compiling original records from the Public Record office and regimental archives, I’ve gathered information about each of the 33,000 British combatants in 1815. This podcast...

I Troop RHA commanded by Major Robert Bull A YouTube version is also available - https://youtu.be/AYCv7a_Wins Questions and requests to waterloopodcast@outlook.com Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.