One for Liverpool Annie (Continued in Part 2)

[Tephra]

Oh Annie, I've just noticed them........poor baby.       He must have gone through hell and back.

You could put all the information in a small book.........or a large book, there's  ALWAYS folk looking for stories like this one and Michels tags.   Perhaps some govt. ministry would be interested in publishing as a commemorative book.


Barbara

[uk2003]

Can you see the bandages on his back Barb ? ... he was wounded too !!

I love getting all of this but what can we do with it .... that's meaningful ??

Annie 

Annie

Check your email

[liverpool annie]

Hi Ken !

I love all of the suggestions in your email ....... do you want to expand on them on here ?? 

I think it's a worthwhile project to remember these soldiers !

Although books have been written about the 600 ..... it would be nice to do something a little bit different ... .... I'm thrilled you started this thread .... what journey we could take !! 

Annie 

[liverpool annie]

Check this out ...... I get so excited over this stuff ..... !!

Balaclava Ned's horse was shot from under him and trapped his leg and to get from under the horse he lost a boot  then on returning to our lines he took one off a dead Russian soldier   

Ned's horse was called GETUPHUGH !! 

Here's more ........... 

Sergeant-Major Edwin Hughes rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, at the Battle of Balaclava ...... Hughes was injured and his horse was shot from under him as British forces mounted an attack on the Russian artillery which led to the deaths of 272 of the 673 British soldiers ...... however, he survived and continued to serve in the Crimean campaign until being discharged in 1873.

From then on he was known as Balaclava Ned.

According to press interviews he gave in later life he said that following the attack he was "damaged about the face and left leg but not seriously" ...... "We just did our duty without any thought of glory, and of course as in all wars many of our lot paid the supreme price."

[liverpool annie]

War horse's medal from Valley of Death up for sale ......... as the Light Brigade hurled itself to destruction against the Russian artillery in the most famous cavalry charge in British history, the casualties among the horses were even higher than the riders.
Out of almost 700 horses which galloped into a storm of enemy fire at the Battle of Balaklava in 1854, about 500 were killed, forcing many of the surviving soldiers to stumble back to the British lines on foot. Among the animals which survived the charge and the almost equally terrifying retreat was Drummer Boy, a six-year-old ridden by Lt Col Rodolph de Salis, second-in-command of the 8th Hussars.
De Salis was so impressed by the bravery and stamina of the wounded Drummer Boy that he decided the horse deserved a medal as much as the men who had fought in the heroic but disastrous attack. He acquired a campaign medal awarded to British troops who served in the Crimea and had the rim engraved with the horse's name and the fact that he had been born in Ireland in 1848. On the reverse is the inscription "Carried Lt Col de Salis 8th Hussars".
On April 30 this unofficial campaign award will be auctioned at Spink in London with an estimate of £300-£500, a fraction of the price paid for medals to men who charged with the Light Brigade. telegraph.co.uk 10 Apr 04

 http://www.geocities.com/dco700/Britain3.htm 

click on photo of the charge to view most of the men who took part,

http://www.nwtv.co.uk/pages/travel/britan/wales/wrex/ned.htm

8th Hussars

Lieutenant Colonel Rudolph de Salis served in the campaign of 1854 - 1855 including the Battles of Alma Balaklava Inkermann and Tchernaya and Seige of Sebastopol - also commanded the cavalry in the expedition to Kertch - in 1854 as Major of the 8th Hussars - in 1855 in command of the regiment

[Wendi]

Sorry Annie I obviously went offline too early last night   

I love getting all of this but what can we do with it .... that's meaningful ?? Annie 

Well this is a start at least ! 

Wendi 

[seamike]

The Battlefield - now and then

[seamike]

Almost documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj5bilCQEDU

[liverpool annie]

Oh my !!

Thank you Mike for the pictures and the video ! ...... that is something else .... how fascinating !!

I wonder what happened to the Cossacks afterwards ?? ..... but that's another story ..... isn't it ??

Annie