"I am going to take a little sleep. Watch with your glass. You see that large stone over there? Call me when the head of the French column reaches that point" 

Wellington to Lord Fitzroy Somerset prior to the battle of Salamanca 22 July 1812

The 'large stone' to which Wellington referred. He took his nap in Los Torres the village in the center and middle distance prior to his masterpiece victory   


NOTICE: Saturday 27 February 2010: The remainder of this website will be updated in the next few days. Meanwhile if you need to know more please contact Graeme Cooper on 01277 890470 or e-mail cooper@waterlootours.co.uk 

Future Tours

2-4 Mar 10 - 'Napoleon's Waterloo' - Waterloo 
Corporate Battlefields for BAe Systems

10-11 Mar - 21st Century Leadership - Waterloo Corporate Battlefields for The Conference Board Europe

1-2 Apr - Ypres with Anglia Battlefield Tours

18-20 Jun - The 195th Waterloo Re-enactment

19-23 July - D-Day Normandy 1944. Pegasus Bridge and Sword, Juno, Gold, Utah and Bloody Omaha Beaches

3-5 Sep - 'Sacrifice on the Salient' - A village tour from Toot Hill, Moreton, Fyfield and Matching Green to the Great War battlefields of Passchendaele and Ypres


Recent Tours 

  • The Waterloo Campaign - Tim Simmons and friends. A four day look at the four major battles in 1815 that ended the Napoleonic wars. 

  • The Peninsular War - A walking tour of  Wellington's Spanish masterpiece battle at Salamanca. Included Ciudad Rodrigo and Fuentes de Onoro for Susan Band and friends. 

  • Napoleon's Waterloo - A 2 day tour for the Ulcombe History Society of the epic battle, the outcome of which rendered 40 years of European peace. 

  • The Guild of Battlefield Guides to Waterloo on the occasion of its Annual Tour

  • The Normandy D-Day Beaches. Chief Executives Organisation USA 4 Day Event for 26 Chief Executives and Chairman on strategic leadership utilising the American D–Day Normandy landing beaches.

  • NATO A 2 day Event for 16 multinational Senior Scientists to develop thinking on decision making and relationships using the Battle of Waterloo 1815.

Next Presentation

  • 20 May 10. War and the War Horse. To the Essex Hunt

Recent Presentations

  • Southwold Ladies Fellowship - 'Touring European Battlefields' 
  • Epping Probus Club - 'Napoleons Waterloo'
  • Moreton breakfast Club. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission 
  • Charing Historical Society- 'Napoleons Waterloo' The story of the demise of the greatest soldier of modern times and where he met his Waterloo' 
  • Royal Thames Yacht Club - 'In the Footsteps of Nosey'.  A pictorial presentation of Wellington's Peninsular battles against the French in the Napoleonic wars 

200th Anniversaries
Napoleonic Celebrations... Who, What, When, and Where?
more info

Presentations
Enabling you to raise funds for a good cause. In your Village Hall, Club, home or a venue to suit you. Subjects include:

  • 'Touring European Battlefields' - A pictorial presentation of battlefields across Europe and the tales from them
  • 'Napoleon's Waterloo' - A pictorial presentation of the 1815 campaign
  • 'In the footstep of Nosey' A pictorial presentation of Wellington and the Peninsular War 
  • The Commonwealth War graves Commission: A pictorial presentation of the history of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

more info