The Charge Of The Light Brigade 25th October 1854

[Richard D]

A day to remember...
25th October 2004

The 150th Anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War.

Please feel free to post anything you have related to this heroic action.

Cheers,

Richard

[Chris Boonzaier]

You mean.... like this

[Chris Boonzaier]

ooooooooooooooooooor........ this ?

[Allan H.]

Chris,
I really don't think that is what we were supposed to be posting here. those were POST war pieces.


WOW!

[Richard D]

Beautiful set Chris, thanks for sharing with us!

Richard

[Chris Boonzaier]

To be honest, this man was only a "semi charger" He was in I troop RHA. They were the horse artillery of the light brigade and had fired the first shots of the war.

On the dayof the charge they had started the charge but were left way behind and stopped as it was obvious they were not going to make it with the rest of the guys.

[Laurence Strong]

You never cease to amaze me Chris. Absolutly amazing set of medals

[Tony Farrell]

I can't match Chris' semi-charger. I do have one to a trooper in the 8th Hussars, who I like to think was a BCR (Battle Casualty Replacement) for the seventeen men that the regiment lost in the charge.

Light Brigade


4th LIGHT DRAGOONS

Trumpeter Thomas Burns
Sergeant Edward Cambell
Pte James Donaldson
Pte Daniel Haxhall
Troop Sergeant Major Francis Herbert
Pte Thomas Hutton
Trumpeter Edward Lovelock
Sergeant Richard Lynch
Pte Charles Marshall
Pte Thomas Moody
Pte Michael Phelan
Pte George Robinson
Corporal Henry Spence
Pte George Swan
Pte Thomas Tomset
Pte Charles Waight

8th (King's Royal Irish) HUSSARS

Pte Joshua Adams
Pte John Barry
Pte Michael Brennan
Pte James Dies
Corporal William Donald
Pte Andrew Finnegan
Pte Denis Hanrahan
Pte Thomas Heffron
Pte Edmund Herbert
Pte Matthew Keating
Troop Sergeant Major H. McCluer
Pte Edward McDonald
Pte George Morris
Sergeant Michael Rielly
Pte Charles Waterer
Pte John White
Sergeant William Williams

11th HUSSARS

Pte C. Allured
Pte J. Brunton
Pte R. Bubb
Pte C.B. Cooper
Pte W. Davis
Pte T. Elder
Corporal T. France
Pte J.M. George
Pte R. Gwinnell
Pte G. Horne
Pte J. Jackman
Sergeant J. Jones
Sergeant T. Jordan
Pte R. Lazell
Pte J. Larkin
Pte R. Levett
Pte D. Purcell
Pte L. Shoppee
Pte T. Shrive
Pte W.H. Spring
Pte J. Stephenson
Pte H. Wakelin
Pte D. Ward
Pte W. Wareham
Pte G. Wooton

13th LIGHT DRAGOONS

Pte Thomas Blackett
Pte Charles Court
Pte William Dorell
Pte Robert Fraser
Pte William Lawson
Pte Thomas McGorrine
Pte James Slattery
Corporal E.W.A. Smith
Pte James Watson
Troop Sergeant Major John Webster
Pte T.J. Williams

17th LANCERS

Pte Charles Aldows
Pte William Baker
Pte John Bow
Pte Walter Brooks
Pte George Broom
Pte Henry Carter
Pte Thomas Corcoran
Pte Richard Dollar
Pte Patrick Dowling
Pte George Flowers
Pte Henry Gray
Corporal James Hall
Pte William Harrison
Pte Robert Jackson
Pte John Lees -
Pte Robert Ling
Pte Robert McNeill
Pte Frederick Melrose
Pte Charles Mitton
Pte Henry Pearce
Pte Johnson Sewell
Pte James Stamage
Sergeant Edward Talbot
Pte John Wilson
Corporal C. Wrigley


Heavy Brigade

4th DRAGOON GUARDS

Pte Thomas Ryan

5th DRAGOON GUARDS

Pte Bernard Callery
Corporal James Taylor

1st DRAGOONS

Pte Charles Middleton
Pte Thomas Shore

2nd (NORTH BRITISH) DRAGOONS

Pte Henry Campbell
Corporal A.P. Clifford

6th DRAGOONS

Pte Robert Elliot
Pte Alexander Latimer
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Little did these men realise they would become immortal through their deeds. Far from home in an unforgiving wilderness, may they rest in peace.

[Richard D]

IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL TONY!

THANKS,

RICHARD

[Richard D]

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson


Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

[SHEARING-CROSS]

Hiya ,
has any one seen this new book thats just come out , claims the charge was a far greater success than first recorded ,also that there were no where near as many deaths as claimed ?? , or is the book another bull**** revisionist re-write ?
sorry i know very little about the event ,regards ,Michael.

To be honest, this man was only a "semi charger" He was in I troop RHA. They were the horse artillery of the light brigade and had fired the first shots of the war.

On the dayof the charge they had started the charge but were left way behind and stopped as it was obvious they were not going to make it with the rest of the guys.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Come on medal lads, what do you think of this? And how much it is gonna finish on?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...279485304&rd=1

[Tony Farrell]

A Charger on eBan? Is nothing sacred? Anywhere between £6000-8000 I reckon.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

I'll set up a snipe on this one then

[Si1964]

I would have thought that a set like this doesn't come up on the market very often?