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YouTube channel now live!

Watch videos about Waterloo Uncovered on our new YouTube channel (search Waterloo Uncovered on YouTube). We’ll be posting content from our April recce and from the excavations in July. Enjoy! To launch it TV’s Peter Ginn gives an intro:

Fieldwork objectives, July 2015

Summary of fieldwork objectives, July 2015 The forthcoming fieldwork will build upon the results of the evaluation in April. An important objective of this two-week exercise will be the continued use of excavation to ground-truth anomalies identified in the geophysical survey carried out by our team from the University of Ghent. During the evaluation, three […]

Reading to Remember

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Reading to Remember 2017 – Reading #7

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Reading to Remember 2017 – Reading #10

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 2%;”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] Passage from La campagne de 1815 aux Pays Bas, by F. De Bas, and Comte J. de T’serclaes. Read by Lieutenant-colonel C.J.C.H. (Corstiaan) de Haan MA. [/cs_text][x_gap size=”30px”][x_video_embed […]

Readings Archive

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WU People: Keanie Trick

WU People: Keanie Trick

Keanie Trick (23) is an aircraft technician from Devon, UK. This year’s her second time on the dig. Keanie (named after actor Keanu Reeves) dreamed of a life serving in the army since she was 6 years old. At the age of 16 she enrolled and became an aircraft technician. Recently, she has come down […]
WU People: Max Marwick

WU People: Max Marwick

  Max Marwick (22) is a student of history at Sussex University, Brighton. After the summer, he’ll start the second year of his bachelor’s degree. This year is Max’s first time on an excavation site. He feels this experience has added to his understanding of history. Whereas he usually studies from books, Max now has […]
WU People: Sylvain Robert-Malbete

WU People: Sylvain Robert-Malbete

Sylvain Robert-Malbete (23) is a Coldstream Guardsman from London. He is learning more about metal detecting and Napoleonic history while excavating in the Car Park. Back in England, Sylvain is part of the Coldstream Guards’ First Battalion. His right arm is covered in a Harry Potter-themed tattoo sleeve. He tells me that his House is […]
WU People: Hans Droppert

WU People: Hans Droppert

Hans Droppert (63) is a veteran of the Dutch Royal Navy Reserve from Heinkenszand (NL). He has been cleaning and organising finds fresh out of the trenches.  Hans plans on sharing some of the stories of his fellow veterans in Dutch classrooms. These experiences are part of his project ‘Veteran in the Classroom’ (Veteraan in […]
WU People: Sebastiaan Loche

WU People: Sebastiaan Loche

WU People: Sebastiaan Loche Sebastiaan Loche (43) from Zwolle in the Netherlands, is a veteran serving in the Dutch armed forces. He is part of a growing team of Dutch veterans taking part in Waterloo Uncovered. Their involvement reflects the increasing interest in battlefield archaeology in the Netherlands, and a curiosity to find out more […]

WU People: Sam Wilson

Sam Alexander Wilson (30) is a professional archaeologist from Basingstoke. He’s been part of the Waterloo Uncovered team right from the start, and  has seen how much impact it can make a person -for the good.  For Sam, it’s his fourth year on the dig as a supervisor. This year has been quite a different experience. […]

Descendants: Battlefield Tour

At Waterloo Uncovered, we often get visitors whose ancestors fought in the battle. Last Friday, we were visited by a group who toured the battlefield and came to see us at our dig at Hougoumont. Here are their stories: Francis Seymour is a descendant of Captain Horace Beauchamp Seymour, who was on Lord Uxbridge’s staff. […]

Descendants: Julian and Ben Parker

Julian and Ben Parker, a father and son duo on site have a very tangible link to the battle of Waterloo. Julian, an ex army captain grew up in the military, as his dad was a Colonel in the army as well. Ans it turned out, there were more military men in the family’s history. […]

An Evening with Waterloo Uncovered

An evening of entertainment at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, and chance to support Waterloo Uncovered. 6th November 2018. 18.30 to 20.30.

Waterloo Uncovered at Chalke Valley History Festival

This year, Waterloo Uncovered and a team volunteers from UCL will, once again be at Chalke Valley History Festival. This year, we’re doing something slightly different, we’re looking at the Women of Waterloo. Find out more about the project below. We will have an array of finds on display from our last four years of […]
Waterloo Weekend Diary: Weapons, Women and Wet Weather

Waterloo Weekend Diary: Weapons, Women and Wet Weather

#WaterlooWeekend Open Day The working week may be over, but a group of veterans, archaeologists and students donned their hi-vis jackets regardless yesterday morning. Their destination was Hougoumont farm, and not even a brief spell of torrential rain could stop them! On Saturday we held our annual #WaterlooWeekend open day event, where we opened up the gates […]