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Old 06-18-15, 01:59 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Von Tonner View Post
Yes. Even though there is a Waterloo Station in honour there has never been a memorial - until today, 200 years later.

"Prince Charles has unveiled a memorial to the British soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Waterloo."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33160368

Better late than never
I think the Tumulus/Lion monument at Waterloo still gets home the point in that was an international force..."The engineer Jean-Baptiste Vifquain conceived of it as a symbol of the Allied victory, rather than as glorifying any sole individual."
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