Hi Luzzu
I have the following for the movements of the 47th regiment. hope it helps.
Distribution of the British Army
3 February 1849, Limerick
Arrived Corfu Feb 1851
Distribution of the British Army
26 June 1852 Vido, just off the mouth of Corfu city port.
Malta.
47th (Lancashire) Regiment. Arrived 30th March 1853, Anna Maria Freight ship, 7 Officers, 9 Sergeants, 2 Drummers, 183 Rank and File, 14 Women, 28 Children, from Corfu
Verdella barracks on April 11 1854
Arrived Turkey 16 April 1854 on the Sultan or the Apollo towed by the sultan on th 18th April.
Distribution of the British Army
30 September 1854 Turkey
Varna bay, Bulgaria. Sept 4th 1854 Ship No 91 The Melbourn
September 5, Allies embark at Varna for the Crimea.
September 14, Allies land unopposed at Kalamata Bay, north of Sevastopol.
September 19, Allies encounter Russians at the River Bulganek.
September 20, the Battle of the River Alma.
The 47th landed with the rest of the British at the ominous sounding Calamity Bay. The British and their French allies then began the journey to the important Russian naval base of Sevastopol. On the 20 September the regiment, as part of the 2nd Division, was involved in the Battle of Alma, a battle that was bloody, especially at the 'Great Redoubt', a Russian earthwork.
On 5 November the regiment took part in the Inkerman. The numerically superior Russians had attempted to break the Siege of Sevastopol, besieged since 19 September, and attacked British and French forces on the heights of Mount Inkerman. The battle was brutal, chaotic hand-to-hand fighting prevalent during parts of the battle. The Russians were repelled but at a heavy price. Over 8,000 causalties were sustained by the British and the Russians over 11,000. The regiment was part of the force besieging Sevastopol, a long siege that lasted from September 1854 to September 1855 when it was captured by the British.
Returned to Malta July 1856
47th (Lancashire) Regiment. Left 25th May 1857, Adelaide, left 27th May 1857, HMS Vulture, both to Gibraltar
George’s records state that he was in Gibralta for 3 months before returning to England in August 1857
Distribution of the British Army
5 September 1857, Portsmouth
Distribution of the British Army
3 July 1858, Portsmouth
Arrived Aldrshot 25th November 1858
Distribution of the British Army
3 September 1859, Aldershot
Arrived Shorncliffe 25th August 1859
Distribution of the British Army
31 March 1860, Shorncliffe
Arrived Dover 25th April 1860
Arrived Dublin 6th April 1861
