General Sir Thomas Picton became a British hero, following his death in 1815 at the Battle of WaterlooA monument to General ... frieze shows Picton's death at Waterloo. He is shown falling in ...

They were saved when the Waterloo Colliery, in the Forest of Dean, flooded in 1949. Renowned sculptor Antony Dufort was chosen to make a sculpture for the monument after winning a competition.