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Title: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: sarahsean on Friday 19 June 15 13:34 BST (UK)
I am just watching a documentary on Tg4 (The Irish language channel) on some of the Irish & Scottish who fought in the Battle alongside Wellington. It is a dramatisation of their own words. So I was wondering if any rootschatters have an ancestor who fought in the battle? I know of course records would be hard to find.

Sarah
Title: Re: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: Ruskie on Friday 19 June 15 14:15 BST (UK)
The medal roll is on Ancestry:
http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1831
Title: Re: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: Regorian on Friday 19 June 15 14:17 BST (UK)
There is at least one Thread on Waterloo here. The OP has the names of all 28,000 British (out of 68,000 in total) that took part in the battle.
Title: Re: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: Ruskie on Friday 19 June 15 14:20 BST (UK)
Quote from: Regorian on Friday 19 June 15 14:17 BST (UK)
There is at least one Thread on Waterloo here. The OP has the names of all 28,000 British (out of 68,000 in total) that took part in the battle.

Is this the thread?:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=715580.msg5592187#msg5592187
Title: Re: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: Regorian on Friday 19 June 15 14:31 BST (UK)
That's the one.

 
Title: Re: Battle of Waterloo
Post by: pinefamily on Saturday 27 June 15 00:49 BST (UK)
There are two bits of trivia that fascinate me regarding Waterloo. The first is more factual than the second.
One of the French cavalry charges went between two farmhouses, but the length of the line want they had to squeeze up to fit between. There were reports that they were so tightly packed the horses in the middle actually lifted off the ground!
The second, possibly more mythic, is Napoleons had piles, and could not sit on his horse overlooking the battle.