Crimean War 1854-1856

The series has launched with the well known 'Charge of the Light Brigade' which has proved to be a huge hit......to see what we mean and have a look at set one and two click here to experience The Charge of the Light Brigade Set Two Preview (3:04)
 

However, it is our intention to cover all aspects of the Crimea Campaign with additional figures being added every 6 months.(June and December)

 

On the 14th September 1854, troops of a British Expeditionary Force, led by Lord FitzRoy Raglan, began to land on the shores of the Crimean peninsula at Calamita Bay, 32 miles north of their ultimate objective, the Russian naval port of Sevastopol. Ahead lay 18 months of unexpected misery for those lucky enough to survive. A short punitive campaign, culminating in swift seizure of Sevastopol, would prove just a pipedream. 

 

 

Charge of the Light Brigade Played by: Trumpeter Landfrey
Recording date: August 2, 1890
Location: London, England
Record format: Edison brown wax cylinder

Historical note: Landfrey was a bugler in the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava, October 25, 1854, of the Crimean War. On this recording Landfrey plays a trumpet that was used at the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, of the Napoleonic Wars.