tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post1060884910427048117..comments2022-01-17T00:40:54.855-08:00Comments on The Legatus' Napoleonic Wargames Armies: The Peninsula, Quatre Bras and Waterloo: Waterloo (1970) the souvenir programmelegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-29727621717554065252019-04-06T07:29:25.436-07:002019-04-06T07:29:25.436-07:00Thank you for this fantastic piece. What a pleasur...Thank you for this fantastic piece. What a pleasure to see all those fantastic pictures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168084381158206601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-32146357286464584532018-02-16T17:44:33.292-08:002018-02-16T17:44:33.292-08:00What a fantastic story! We are the same age, alth...What a fantastic story! We are the same age, although my inspiration by the film only led to a box or two of Airfix Napoleonics and then to wargamin!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-43661808969573595272018-02-16T16:42:06.055-08:002018-02-16T16:42:06.055-08:00I remember watching the film 'Waterloo' in...I remember watching the film 'Waterloo' in 1970 aged 10 + and it sparked off a lifetime interest in the battle. I first visited the battle site in 1971 after getting my parents to make a detour as we were pulling a caravan on a European tour around Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. So fascinated I was by the part played by the Coldstream Guards that I joined them in 1976. Training at <br />the Guards Depot in Pirbright, Surrey. Sadly my romantic idea of that regiments history was not shared by my fellow soldiers. It seemed to me to be the privilege of Officers sat in their comfortable Mess. <br /><br />3 years Later I transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers and eventually joined Military Survey where I saw a map of Waterloo in the RE Museum at Chatham that Wellington had ordered of the south of Brussels long before the battle took place. I visited the battle again in the 90's, whilst at University. And in 2009 I was in the re-enactment as a soldier in the 32nd Cornwall regiment which was in Kempts Brigade. Positioned originally on Wellington's left and North East from La Hayne Sainte on the ridge. At the time the 32nd had a mauling at Quarte Bras & were not up too full strength. <br /><br />In 2015 (the 200th) I was involved in archaeology at Hougoumont. One of the highlights of my stay there was to find a musket ball which must have been fired from the north gate (Hougoumont) at the French by a former member of the Coldstream Guards in 1815. I realised that I was the first person to pick that musket ball up and handle it since it was fired by a Coldstream Guard in June 1815. That gave me a real sense of continuity and feel of history.Martin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934556196577398029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-24753940029931008002015-07-17T00:05:06.145-07:002015-07-17T00:05:06.145-07:00Thank you so much for sharing with everyone this f...Thank you so much for sharing with everyone this fabulous photographic material of the film. For fans of the napoleonic times as I am, is a really wonderful gift.El Rincón de Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18103195404683520488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-9248810280510541562015-06-19T13:21:33.942-07:002015-06-19T13:21:33.942-07:00My brother and I loved this film as boys I hunted ...My brother and I loved this film as boys I hunted down a DVD of it, sadly its not the best of copies.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802420094217299660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-36358473821260324812015-06-19T13:17:09.342-07:002015-06-19T13:17:09.342-07:00Yes, the Astoria Ashford was built in 1939 and clo...Yes, the Astoria Ashford was built in 1939 and closed in 1976. It served as a bingo hall until 2001 and was demolished the following year to make way for old people's homes. I saw You Only Live Twice and Carry on Cowboy there too!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-42234635381193995602015-06-19T12:27:58.279-07:002015-06-19T12:27:58.279-07:00I am jealous, I wish I had bought the souvenir whe...I am jealous, I wish I had bought the souvenir when I first saw the film at the Regal cinema in Lanark, which no longer exists of course. Stieger was Napoleon for me, still is. Thanks for sharing.George Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622222875110390888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-77609385422993021982015-06-19T05:35:51.171-07:002015-06-19T05:35:51.171-07:00Absolutely fascinating!
Whilst I've seen the...Absolutely fascinating! <br /><br />Whilst I've seen the movie a few times (and like, you, was introduced to it by my Dad), I had never seen this brochure before. <br /><br />Absolutely terrific photos to pore over and savour. I love the photo of the Scots square in particular (though do those 'muskets' have bolt actions?!). <br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing this ... Roly / Arteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-49183430277173878952015-06-18T14:31:40.130-07:002015-06-18T14:31:40.130-07:00nice memory,
johnnice memory,<br /><br />johnjohn de terre neuvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898285039988448895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932073748246315153.post-74155683193367263362015-06-18T14:10:27.194-07:002015-06-18T14:10:27.194-07:00thats a fantastic souvenir sir! and a great film i...thats a fantastic souvenir sir! and a great film i'll be watching it on sunday.. Steve hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079284842321565503noreply@blogger.com