WELLINGTON School commemorated the Battle of Waterloo last week.
Year 5 and 6 pupils from Wellington Prep School travelled up to the Wellington Monument with historian Kevin Hicks.
Kevin was dressed as a British Redcoat for the Napoleonic era and regaled the pupils with fascinating facts and gory details of life as a soldier in that period.
He took with him a ‘Brown Bess’ as the muskets of the time were known, and all the children covered their ears as it was fired.
They were all fascinated to hear that soldiers in the Battle of Waterloo were deaf for four days after, due to overwhelming noise of the muskets firing.
Kevin spent the rest of the day back at Wellington School recounting his stories to Year 7 and 8 pupils.
Wellington’s association with The Iron Duke is well established - the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, took his name from the town and nearby Wellington Hill boasts the Wellington Monument.
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