‘On the 20th of March 1815, Europe was once again plunged into chaos as exiled Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped his imprisonment from the island of Elba.  Just 100 days after his escape, the armies of France, Prussia, Great Britain and The Netherlands fought Europe’s most famous battle, in Belgium, near a town called Waterloo. 

This is not just the retelling of Europe’s most famous battle. Within this terrible conflict stood 747 officers and men from Ireland, fighting on behalf of the British crown. Raised in County Fermanagh, this regiment’s story was already well established, but of all of their previous engagements, their actions of the 18th June 1815 cemented their legend. Of those 747 men who held their ground against Napoleon’s might, 486 of them became casualties and 14 of their 15 officers were either killed or wounded.‘