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The Waterloo Podcast

The Waterloo Podcast

By: Andrew Baillie
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Summary

My name is Martin Aaron, I'm a lecturer at University College London. Since the year 2000 I’ve been building a database of the British army at Waterloo. By compiling original records from the Public Record office and regimental archives, I’ve gathered information about each of the 33,000 British combatants in 1815. This podcast series examines that data.


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Andrew Baillie
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Episodes
  • RHA - Webber-Smith's
    May 8 2026

    Captain James Webber-Smith's Troop was placed in at least two different positions at Waterloo: to the north west of Hougoumont, firing down the pavé, the Nivelle Road, and then on the main ridge, alongside Bull and Ramsay. Personally, I suspect the lack of comment from Webber-Smith himself and the conflicting accounts (or at least timings) of others point to something unspoken - perhaps, that it was this troop of horse artillery that Augustus Frazer mentions retiring due to heavy French fire, and then having to be ordered back into position. Who knows?


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    All funds go towards sending something bottle-shaped to the kind volunteers who do the voiceovers for this podcast.


    Sincere thanks to: David Hart, Jack Humphrey, and Jonathan Durbin


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    20 mins
  • The 23rd Light Dragoons
    Apr 24 2026

    An important regiment both in their role at Waterloo as well as during the retreat through Genappe the previous day, these were the unlucky men of Talavera, unfashionable, unloved and often overlooked but full of interesting and capable individuals.


    If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts.


    Many thanks to: Terence Blacker, Neil James, Peter Molloy, Alistair White, Jim Tate, Andrew Baillie,

    Diogo Vasconcellos, Paul Phillips, and Harry Bucknall


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    43 mins
  • The 3rd Foot Guards
    Apr 10 2026

    Continuing the story of "The Battle Within The Battle", this episode moves eastwards from Episode 28 on the Coldstream Guards, from the walled garden and into the large apple orchard. This was the battlefield over which the Third Regiment of Foot Guards fought throughout the 18th June 1815 - charging up to line the ditch at the thick head to the south, being beaten back to the sunken lane, where they would reform and repeat the same advance. Throughout the day, the Regiment was able to repulse a larger French force due to the help of the devastating fire coming from the Coldstream lining the east wall of the garden.


    If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts.


    Many thanks to: David Hart, Arthur Hayward, Paul Hayward, Alistair White, Stuart Lyon, Jack Humphrey, Matt Taylor, Zac Williamson, and

    Diogo Vasconcellos


    Thank you to Steve Brown for his research on regimental postings available at https://www.napoleon-series.org/milit...


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    36 mins
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The podcast really brings these stories to life! I love hearing the voices of all the different soldiers.

Fascinating!

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Very informative and enjoyable summary, kept me engaged and entertained through the whole podcast, fascinating topic.

The Waterloo Medal

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I like that you got to hear about what these men did after the war.

Well worth listening to

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