"Archaeological dig at Waterloo report" Topic

Fascinating and disturbing discoveries at the Waterloo battlefield reported today in The Guardian: link

Interesting. Thanks.

Waterloo Uncovered has been on the go for ages.

YouTube link

In fact we played a wargame for them.

Wish more artifacts than horse bones, not that that isn't interesting but there isn't as much information from them.

There was an article a short while back about Waterloo battlefield archaeology (wish I could remember where, but there's always Google) and how so many graves were lost or raided for the bones, sold as bonemeal or fertilizer or some such, and relic looters stealing what they could for resale. No one treated the grounds with respect until far too late.

Europe has battlefields on top of battlefields. Apart from the occasional memorial stone for some luminary it seems they have never had the sort of effort the US has with our far fewer sites. May all those who suffered at those blood soaked grounds have peace.

Touching that the Guardian felt the need to explain Waterloo as "site of decisive 1815 battle against Napoleon."

Paddy Griffith once told me that most of the cadets he taught at Sandhurst would not have known in what century Napoleon lived, let alone any details about him! So it is hardly surprising that the Guardian thought it necessary to explain the significance of Waterloo, which probably makes most British people today think of a railway station.

I once taught a boy who was a great railway enthusiast. When asked the name/location of Wellington's position just south of Waterloo, he replied, "Clapham Junction."

Paddy Griffith once told me that most of the cadets he taught at Sandhurst would not have known in what century Napoleon lived, let alone any details about him! So it is hardly surprising that the Guardian thought it necessary to explain the significance of Waterloo, which probably makes most British people today think of a railway station.

I once taught a boy who was a great railway enthusiast. When asked the name/location of Wellington's position just south of Waterloo, he replied, "Clapham Junction."

Aaieee! The ignorance!! It burns us, it burns!!!

A retired RLC major of my acquaintance (class of 73) asked me, as he wasn't sure, if the V.C. had come into existence before or after Waterloo.

If you mention Waterloo to some people, there first remark is ABBA. I've always thought that military history should definitely be a subject taught at schools.

I watched a British television quiz show – The Chase – last night. Given the question Johnny Reb was a nickname given to soldiers in what war? and presented with three choices, the contestant chose Vietnam!
I forget what the other incorrect choice offered was.