Charge of the light brigade poem pdf pdf#

Rep to Scut DepLibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. () of the known chargers to date, and print out a hard copy for ready reference.Įditor, The War Correspondent: the journal of the Crimean War Research Society

Charge of the light brigade poem pdf pdf#

so a Chelsea pensioner at 50 would not at all be surprising.įor future reference, if you want to know if a man is generally accepted to have charged in the Light Brigade, you can download a PDF file at my website The life expectancy was much less at that time, and many soldiers were old before their time due to hard living conditions, hard work, and insufficient diet. Medal w/ S Clasp.īy 1871, your John Turner would have been 50 years old. Joined fr Gen Dep 10-31-55, at Scut 2nd & 3rd Mstrs & all 3 Mstrs. ► Turner, Pte William John, (1546), 13th LDīn in Bristol.

Medal w/ A, B, & S Clasps.Įnl 01-28-56 in Liverpool at age 21. Rode in Charge severely wounded [CR 37 as “W / D” a cannonball Prior Occ: Crate Maker ? or Bootmaker.Īt sea 2nd Mstr at Varna 3rd Mstr. ☼ Turner, Pte George, (1358), 11th H (p184)īn in Burslem, Staffordshire. ☼ Turner, Pte t the Mil Acad at Sandhurst & thru 05-31-54. At Plymouth 1st Mstr abd Wilson Kennedy fr 05-02 ☼ Turner, Pte Edward, (1238), 8th H (p119)īn in Croydon, Surrey.

Abs all 3 Mstrs as Batman to Cpt Warde, RM, at the Mil Acad at Sandhurst & thru 05-31-54. Not on MRs, though embarked, died enrt to Crimea. ► Turner, Pte Samuel, (685), 4th LD (p64)īn in Worcester. Note that some of these could not be your forbear as they died much earlier than he did. As you can see, the only verified Chargers in this list were Edward in the 8th Hussars and George of the 11th Hussars. īelow is a list of men with the last name of Turner serving in the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. There was a John Turner who served in the 8th Hussars. He may have transferred to the 11th Hussars after the Crimean War. If you have the regiment right, then John Turner did not serve in that regiment during the Crimean War. Perhaps a query to the Regimental museum would be in order. I was unable to find his name listed on the Medal Rolls for that Regiment, however, I was using the CD-ROM from Yesteryears Genealogy, and some pages are difficult, if not impossible to read.

His name does not appear on the Muster Rolls of that regiment for the period of September to December 1854, which would make it almost certain that he was not in the Crimea at the time of the Heavy Brigade Charge. Roughly 1/3 of their number were killed or captured and about 2/3 of their horses lost, making them effectively cease to exist as a force to contend with.Īs to your query re W. Although they arrived at the guns (despite being fired at from three sides (front, left and right), they were not supported and were forced to then retreat. Mistakenly charged the guns at the east end of the North Valley. Two or so hours later, the Light Brigade, made up of: The Heavy Brigade, made up of:Ĭharged a major contingent of Russian cavalry (several times their number) at around 9:00 am, and subsequently routed them. There seems to be a great deal of confusion here regarding the charges of Oct 25th.