the first Duke of Wellington. Beef Wellington may have been named as a celebration of Wellesley's military exploits, which included defeating Napoleon's army at the famous Battle of Waterloo in ...

The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great Englishman'.

Wellington ordered his commanding Royal Engineer, Colonel Sir John Carmichael-Smyth, to prepare a map of the area of Waterloo. It was constructed in 1815 and partly drawn by Major John Sperling RE.

The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best ... The two meet at Waterloo where the fate of Europe will be decided.

A new museum is to be established to tell the story of Irish soldiers in the British Army down the centuries. The £13.6 ...