Showing posts with label Napoleonic Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleonic Wars. Show all posts
13 February 2026

Potters at Waterloo

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French cuirassiers charge a British square at Waterloo, painting by Felix Philippoteaux. Source: Wikimedia Commons After three days of fight...
21 July 2025

A Tale of Trafalgar

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A Royal Marine private in 1815 Source: Wikimedia Commons In the pages of M. H. Miller’s interesting compilation, Leek: Fifty Years Ago , ca...
01 June 2023

Ghastly Relics - A Very Tall Tale of the Potteries

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Occasionally, stories related to the Potteries appeared in newspapers both in Britain and abroad that either cannot be proven (at least not ...
31 May 2023

England Expects

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'The Battle of Trafalgar' by William Clarkson Stanfield Source: Wikimedia Commons On 21 October 1805, a British fleet of 27 ships co...
11 April 2021

Ken Ray's Soldiers: Private Philip Yates

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Ken Ray, a long-time researcher into the lives of local soldiers has assembled an impressive list of North Staffordshire men who served in t...
16 November 2020

A Disposition to Riot

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Between 1799 and 1801 food riots, brought on by scarcity and high prices which in turn had been caused by poor harvests and the effects of N...
27 September 2020

Peace Celebrations 1814

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Napoleon Bonaparte Author's collection On 6 April 1814, with the last of his armies defeated and Allied forces fast closing on Paris, Na...
13 June 2020

Ken Ray's Soldiers: Private William Walker

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Ken Ray, a long-time researcher into the lives of local soldiers has assembled an impressive list of North Staffordshire men who served in ...
17 April 2020

Ken Ray's Soldiers: Gunner Aaron Wedgwood

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Ken Ray, a long-time researcher into the lives of local soldiers has assembled an impressive list of North Staffordshire men who served in...
19 January 2020

Ken Ray's Soldiers: Private John Potts

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Ken Ray, a long-time researcher into the lives of local soldiers has assembled an impressive list of North Staffordshire men who served in ...