Waterloo Association -51st Light infantry study day at Doncaster museum

Museum opens at 10:00 Day and the day ends at 16:00

The speakers will be Professor Martin Howard, Dr John Morewood and Paul Brunyee.

Provisional order of presentations and speakers:

10.00 Museum opens

10.30-10.35: Introduction

10.35-11.30: Private Wheeler and Welington’s Army (Paul Brunyee)

11.30-12.30: The Walcheren Disaster of 1809 – ‘mighty in scope, miserable in execution’ (Professor Martin Howard)

12.30-13.30: Lunch

13.30-14.00: Wheeler, Dyas and the 7th Division (Paul Brunyee)

14.00-15.00: Wellington’s Salamanca Victory (Dr John Morewood)

15.05 -16.00: Visit to Doncaster Archives Medal Room and talk on ‘Waterloo and researching your ancestors’ (Paul Brunyee)

Day ends by 16.00.

40 tickets available

Lunch

You will be able to book lunch from the museum café online. This is recommended as the café can become very busy at the weekend. There are several pubs and cafes in the area.

Getting there

Car parking is across the road from the museum.

The museum is only a ten minute walk from the railway station. It is a modern spacious museum with a small number of personal artefacts relating to Sir John Moore.

Waterloo Association members £10

Non-members £15

Contact: [email protected] for further details.

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