Battle of Waterloo hospital site to be dug up

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A group of 25 British and Dutch military veterans are to join the first excavation of the main field hospital established by the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo.

The former soldiers, sailors and RAF personnel will work with archaeologists, led by Prof Tony Pollard of Glasgow University, to explore the farm buildings of Mont-St-Jean, where thousands of wounded soldiers received primitive first aid as shot and shell rained down on them.

The dig has been organised by Waterloo Uncovered, a charity founded by two Coldstream Guards officers, Charles Foinette and Mark Evans, who suffered from PTSD after a tour in Afghanistan.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/24/wellingtons-waterloo-field-hospital-to-be-excavated-for-first-time

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/24/british-veterans-first-archaeological-dig-waterloo-field-hospital/

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Battle of Waterloo: Excavation unearths amputated limbs

Human leg bones have been unearthed in the first excavation of the main allied field hospital used in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.

Experts believe they are the remains of limbs amputated by medics at the former Mont-St-Jean field hospital in Belgium.

Archaeologists and veterans also found musket balls and a cannon ball, which shed new light on the famous battle.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49022033

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/17/excavation-of-waterloo-field-hospital-unearths-limbs-and-musket-balls