South Western #Railway (SWR) and Network Rail marked 210 years since the Battle of Waterloo at #London #Waterloo station, named after the historic 1815 battle where British forces defeated Napoleon. Partnering with veteran charity Waterloo Uncovered and the Household Cavalry Museum, they held a day of commemorations including bugle calls by Life Guards, Chelsea Pensioners, live reenactments, and hands-on archaeological experiences. Waterloo Uncovered, which supports veterans, showcased excavations of the battlefield, while the Household Cavalry Museum displayed stories of young cavalrymen like John Edwards. SWR also launched a Waterloo Walk guide highlighting London’s Napoleonic landmarks. The event emphasised SWR and Network Rail’s strong ties to the Armed Forces, their commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, and efforts to support veterans within their workforce.
https://www.southwesternrailway.com/other/news-and-media/news/2025/june/my-my-waterloo-station-marks-210th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-waterloo

Waterloo Church Leader Jacob Reaume says he would prefer to be governed by President Trump

https://lemmy.world/post/31656451

[dhnet region] “Lettres de soldats au service de Napoléon”: 1500 témoignages inédits publiés avant la reconstitution de la bataille de Waterloo #Waterloo-Brainel'Alleud https://www.dhnet.be/regions/brabant/waterloo-braine/2025/06/19/lettres-de-soldats-au-service-de-napoleon-1500-temoignages-inedits-publies-avant-la-reconstitution-de-la-bataille-de-waterloo-ZD5U7ZG5Z5B7XLSPXEPBBN65MI/

Waterloo 200 in 2015.

The first battle on the evening of the 19th.

Experienced that "oh damn!" feeling when forced to remain in square with cavalry milling nearby and infantry coming up to pound us.

@histodons @histodon @warof1812 #napoleonicwars #waterloo

No new fireworks bylaw in Cambridge for now as council opts to wait for more information
Cambridge city councillors voted 6-2 to defer a new fireworks bylaw that would have seen the city fall in line with Kitchener and Waterloo, which moved to limit the times when fireworks can be set off and restrict the s...
#council #fireworks #law #Cambridge #Kitchener #Waterloo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cambridge-fireworks-bylaw-deferred-noise-bylaw-later-this-year-1.7564431?cmp=rss

One of the most poignant moments of the Battle of #Waterloo is the destruction of the French Imperial Guard. Called upon to surrender, they refuse and are massacred. Here's the scene from the 1970 film, "Waterloo"

https://youtu.be/ONgeEMt7-Ow?si=lhNsusAog6ibvEwn&t=7290

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Here's a portrait of the fierce #Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.

"very strong and in character as immovable as a rock....jovial if somewhat foulmouthed....his intellect was not the equal of his other talents"

#Waterloo

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In 2014, Alan Forest (U. York) gave a fine lecture at the University of Massachusetts on the C19 memory of #Waterloo. He claimed Britain acts as if only they & French fought at Waterloo: UK was only nation at Congress of Vienna not to provide full troop quota (see alt text)
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#Waterloo

British small brass token (25 mm) honoring the Prince of Orange

#medals #numismatics
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I don't have a lot of #Waterloo stuff lying around--but...

20 March 1815: beginning of the Hundred Days between Napoleon’s return to Paris from exile on Elba and the restoration of the monarchy following his defeat

This well-worn handbill chronicled & celebrated his return
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[dhnet region] Un hommage rendu aux soldats tombés au combat lors de la bataille de Waterloo rendu à la ferme d’Hougoumont #Waterloo-Brainel'Alleud https://www.dhnet.be/regions/brabant/waterloo-braine/2025/06/19/un-hommage-rendu-aux-soldats-tombes-au-combat-lors-de-la-bataille-de-waterloo-rendu-a-la-ferme-dhougoumont-IPOIQCWOBJDABBLDULW4LVCEJU/

[dhnet region] 2 200 soldats et 15 000 spectateurs attendus pour la reconstitution de la bataille de Waterloo #Waterloo-Brainel'Alleud https://www.dhnet.be/regions/brabant/waterloo-braine/2025/06/19/2-200-soldats-et-15-000-spectateurs-attendus-pour-la-reconstitution-de-la-bataille-de-waterloo-WWIQZIDWI5G3RF63KDLKPXAEKY/

Prima di dare nome al primo successo internazionale degli #ABBA e a un #film italo-sovietico del 1970 è stata una battaglia combattuta esattamente 210 anni fa che ha cambiato il volto dell'Europa. Ce la racconta questo all-star team composto, tra gli altri, dagli Angelas e Alessandro Barbero. Speciale #SuperQuark - #Napoleone: le otto ore di #Waterloo - Invidious https://iv.duti.dev/watch?v=LqT4dphEskc #history #storia

How to suspend one liquid inside another: Programmable droplets show potential for carbon capture https://phys.org/news/2025-06-liquid-programmable-droplets-potential-carbon.html #Waterloo #Ontario #Canada #ClimateChange #Science

“The field was so much covered with blood, it appeared as if it had been flooded…”

—in 2023, Prof Tony Pollard brought to light an account of the battle’s immediate aftermath. The Scottish merchant Thomas Ker arrived early enough to see the dead & dying still on the battlefield. The Ker collection, made up of letters & a hand-written book, was donated by his family in 2018 to the University of Glasgow.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2023/june/headline_975292_en.html

#Scottish #literature #Waterloo #19thcentury #eyewittness

The Battle of Waterloo was fought #OTD, 18 June, 1815. Walter Scott visited the battlefield shortly after; his 1816 book PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK contains one of the earliest accounts of the aftermath, & is an important early example of war journalism

https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304

#Scottish #literature #Waterloo #SirWalterScott #19thcentury

¡Nuevo post! ¿Qué mejor forma de celebrar el aniversario de #Waterloo que metiéndote un post kilométrico sobre las Guerras Napoleónicas?

https://www.lapaginadefinitiva.com/2025/06/18/las-guerras-napoleonicas-alexander-mikaberidze/

Winnipeg student wins $120K scholarship to pursue tech dreams at U of Waterloo
A Winnipeg high school student with a passion for technology has won a $120,000 scholarship to study at Ontario's University of Waterloo in the fall.
#student #scholarship #technology #school #Winnipeg #Waterloo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-high-school-student-wins-schulich-leader-scholarship-1.7562915?cmp=rss

[dhnet region] ”Incompétence”, “aucune communication de la commune”… Le chantier de la chaussée de Bruxelles à Waterloo vire au cauchemar pour les commerçants #Waterloo-Brainel'Alleud https://www.dhnet.be/regions/brabant/waterloo-braine/2025/06/18/incompetence-aucune-communication-de-la-commune-le-chantier-de-la-chaussee-de-bruxelles-a-waterloo-vire-au-cauchemar-pour-les-commercants-OTR7VHXKPNHPPA7Q7C5BK64GH4/

🗓 Efeméride: 18 de junio de 1815.

🌍 Napoleón Bonaparte fue derrotado en la Batalla de Waterloo por las fuerzas británicas y prusianas. Este hecho puso fin a su imperio y cambió el rumbo político de Europa en el siglo XIX.

📸 Wikipedia / La batalla de Waterloo, óleo de William Sadler.

#Efeméride #Napoleón #Waterloo #Historia #SigloXIX #Europa #BatallasHistóricas