Diary and Film Work
The 45eme Regiment de ligne undertake to participate in all the major Napoleonic Association events at home and abroad. We aim to be represented at all of the major 200th anniversary events across Europe. A full listing of Napoleonic Association events can be found on the NA web site.
Following the success of our trips to Austerlitz in 2005 and Jena in 2006, we are now planning arrangements for us take part in the major bi-centenial events in 2008 and beyond. Further details will be included as we receive them. A list of the planned events that we will be attending are shown in the table below.
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Dates
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Event
Location |
Event Details |
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12-13 April |
Wellington Country Park, nr Reading |
Event organised by 2/95th Rifles |
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16 April |
Rifles regimental day, Winchester |
Static display required to support 95th |
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19-20 April |
Hylands House, Essex |
Joint training weekend with 95th Rifles
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26-27 April |
Waltham Abbey, Gunpowder Mills |
Full NA event |
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3-5 May |
Rockingham Castle, Northants |
Call to Arms multi-period event |
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10-11 May |
Cressing Temple Barns, Essex |
Napoleonic Fair and re-enactment |
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25-26 May |
Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire |
Full NA
event |
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1 June |
Napoleonic fort, Dover |
Joint event with Foot Guards |
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21-22 June |
Plancenoit and Waterloo, Belgium |
We will brigade with 85eme, 127eme and 30eme |
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12 July |
Hythe Festival |
Joint event with Foot Guards |
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Highclere |
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23-25 August |
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury |
New NA event |
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31 August |
St Osyth's |
Joint event with KGA |
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6-7 September |
Roxy Cafe, The Village, 22250 Lanrelas, France |
Invitation event only |
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13-14 September |
Ickworth House, Suffolk |
Georgian Weekend with 95th Rifles |
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27-28 September |
Kingston Maurward |
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3-5 October |
Bailen, Spain |
Spanish NA. Bicentennial |
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Billinghurst |
French Market and Town Fair |
Our unit is always willing to undertake film, stage, and TV work. We are also available for hire and can provide a variety of living history displays and battlefield skirmish activities. If you would like to hire the 45eme for any such events please contact us as shown on the contact page. Examples of recent events include: French Festival Horsham www.frenchfest.co.uk ; Hythe Festival; and Western Heights, Dover, open day.
Along with other units within the Napoleonic Association we do get the regular opportunity to undertake work for film and television. Participants get paid as extras for this work and get the chance to see themselves and the unit on the big and small screen.
Examples of recent film and television work include:
- Vanity Fair (BBC Television)
- Wellington - The Iron Duke (Granada)
- Napoleon - The History Channel
- Battlefield Detectives
Meet the Ancestors - Nelson's Island - World in Arms
- Mark William's Big Bangs (Sky TV)
With the large number of bi-centennial celebrations coming up we expect to be in demand over the next few years.