Military veterans have helped reveal the remains of a Napoleonic War-era, external army barracks during an excavation. More than 4,000 soldiers were based at Weeley in Essex, between 1803 and 1814 ...

11 Monsieur Moret of the second regiment, served 1814-1815 Credit: Media Drum World The men served in the Napoleonic wars from 1803-1815 which pitted France against most of Europe including Britain.

The barracks site in Weeley was built in 1803 at the start of the Napoleonic wars when a French invasion was feared. It hosted the regiments which would then garrison the Martello towers along the ...

While wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons, O’Keeffe points out that the 15th Regiment of Foot had already organized a bugles-only band by 1818 and that numerous ...

Nov. 8 marks Aboriginal Veterans Day, a day that reminds Shiwak of his family's loss. "Often, I think about what kind of life he would've had, or what it would have been like to meet the man in ...

Councillors and war veterans from the North West are stepping up their campaign to save three local army regiments from a possible merger. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, King's Own Royal border ...

The team worked with the Ministry of Defence initiative Operation Nightingale to involve Essex-based military veterans who had associations with the regiments stationed at the barracks 200 years ago.