The Team

The Project is a collaboration between the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust, and Waterloo Uncovered. The Project is co-directed by Dr Tim Clack (Oxford University) and Prof Tony Pollard (Glasgow University). The project team is composed of a diverse group of heritage and archaeological professionals.

  • Timothy Clack

    Dr Tim Clack is the Chingiz Gutseriev Fellow in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Oxford. A specialist in culture, heritage, and conflict, he has directed research projects in many parts of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the South Atlantic.

  • Tony Pollard

    Prof Tony Pollard is Professor of Conflict History and Archaeology and Director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. He has carried out battlefield and conflict related archaeological projects in the UK, mainland Europe, Africa and South America.

  • Andrea Barlow

    Andrea Barlow is the Director of the Historic Dockyard Museum. She has been with the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust since 2012, and took over as Museum Director in 2016. Andrea is a seventh generation Islander on her mother's side.

  • Katie Buckley

    Katie Buckley is the Chief Operating Officer at Waterloo Uncovered. She was formerly Head of Programmes, and has been in charge of veteran support since 2020. Katie has a long-standing interest in the past and took a BA in Historical Archaeology from the University of York in 2013.

  • Douglas Farthing

    Douglas Farthing is the Project Artist. He enlisted into the Parachute Regiment in 1984 and undertook operational tours to Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Throughout his career, he recorded events through his drawings and paintings. After retiring from the British Army in 2014, Doug was accepted onto the drawing year with the Royal Drawing School.

  • Beth Timmins

    Beth Timmins is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford. Supervised by Tim Clack and Dan Hicks, her research explores the protection of cultural heritage in, and of, conflict. Beth also has a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology and MSc in Visual and Museum Ethnography from Oxford. Outside of academia, Beth is a broadcast journalist with BBC News.

  • Rod Eldridge

    Rod Eldridge is a Welfare Officer with Waterloo Uncovered. Having retired from the British Army after 27 years’ service, he remains a mental health professional and is a clinical lead for Walking with the Wounded.

  • Stuart Eve

    Dr Stuart Eve is digital archeologist and Director of Creativity at Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). Stuart has managed projects all over the world from large master-planning projects to implementing a new conservation management and monitoring system for a candidate World Heritage Site. He is also experienced with Augmented Reality and mobile computing.

  • Emma Goss

    Emma Goss is the Heritage Officer at the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust. She took up her current post after completing studies in travel, tourism, and heritage in the UK. She took a first-class degree in Archaeology from Bournemouth University in 2020. Emma is a seventh generation Islander on her father's side.

  • Charles Foinette

    Lieutenant Colonel Charles Foinette is a British Army officer serving in the Coldstream Guards. With a degree in archaeology from University College London, he is a co-founder of Waterloo Uncovered.

  • Jim Peters

    Jim Peters ‘Pasty’ is a British Army veteran who served in the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. He served between 1980 and 1985. At the age of 19 he travelled with the British taskforce to the Falkland Islands as part of Operation Corporate and fought at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, receiving severe shrapnel wounds, which kept him in and out of hospital for the next 2 years. He was diagnosed with complex PTSD in 2012, triggered at the 30th anniversary of the conflict. Today he lives in London, and is being treated by London Veterans, at St Pancras.

  • John Litterick

    John Litterick ‘Switch’ is a British Army veteran who served in the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards between 1979 and 1985. As part of Operation Corporate, he fought at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown. He has been receiving treatment for PTSD for many years due to his experiences in the Falkland Islands in 1982.