waterloo

According to records, Thomas James, from the Caribbean, served with the 18th Light Dragoons - the only cavalry regiment with a significant role in the Battle of Waterloo.

That’s probably how Napoleon Bonaparte felt, three-quarters of the way through the battle of Waterloo.

The streets were a sea of union jacks, St George's crosses, Scottish saltires and Welsh flags as large crowds of protesters amassed near Waterloo Bridge ahead of the 'Unite the Kingdom' march towards Whitehall.

Footage from inside a faulty Jubilee line train, which became stuck between Westminster and Waterloo stations on Monday night, shows passengers filing out of what witnesses described as "hot and completely packed" carriages.

The affair only lasted a year, but was later immortalised by the Kinks in the song Waterloo Sunset: with a line referencing Terry and Julie crossing over the river.