HeyJaredThe Waterloo Podcast
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.
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The 23rd Foot (opens the original)
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The ranks of the Royal Welch Fusiliers at Waterloo contained veterans from Egypt, Corunna, Albuera, Badajoz, and Orthes, as well as numerous other actions from Martinique in the Caribbean to Toulouse in the south of France. Probably due to their experience and reputation, the Regiment was positioned in a more central role than the other two units of Mitchell's Brigade, and suffered disproportionate casualties among its officers. This episode looks at the role of the Regiment in 1815 and what bec
The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Foot (opens the original)
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The first of a 3-part look at Mitchell's 4th Infantry Brigade. These were the Peasant Boys, fresh from the plough of the fields of central England. Formed in 1813, they were the only British unit at Waterloo who had not seen action before. Positioned on the far west of the Allied line, this is the story of their baptism of fire, and what became of these lads in the decades that followed. If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcas
RHA - Mercer's Troop (opens the original)
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A very special episode first published on the anniversary of Waterloo. Special guest Richard Heffer, who starred as Mercer in the 1970 epic Waterloo kindly reprises his role to read the lines of 2nd Captain Alexander Cavalie Mercer, who commanded G-Troop at Waterloo. Despite being the least experienced troop at Waterloo, G-Troop is more famous than all other British artillery troops and batteries combined due to the extraordinarily thorough journal kept by Mercer. This episode not only examines
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