"Honor the Light Brigade today " Topic

The Charge of the Light Brigade
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
I
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.

II
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

III
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.

IV
Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered.
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

V
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

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

Huzzah

Don't forget the Heavy Brigade.

Honor to both.

And the Thin Red Line

Very brave men,all.

I oughta drag out the 1300 for a Crimean war battle this weekend

And the Chasseurs d'Afrique.

Yes, and the Chasseurs d'Afrique!

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Photos taken during the Crimean War, in 1855.

Honor to them all!

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Sergeant John Breese charged with the British light cavalry brigade at Balaclava…

Photo taken in 1855 or 1856.

Sergeant John Breese served with the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars during the Crimean War and lost his arm at the Battle of Inkerman. He was one of the wounded men Queen Victoria and Prince Albert met at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, where he was sketched by Queen Victoria. This portrait is one of a number of photographs that Queen Victoria commissioned of wounded Crimean veterans. The Queen presented Breese with his Crimean Medal on Horse Guards Parade, London, on 18 May 1855. She later appointed Breese a Yeoman of the Guard, with a pension for life.

Troop Sergeant Major Smith saw Breese's injury occur: 'The enemy must have known where we were, for they dropped their cannonballs just over the brow of the hill so that they passed through us about breast high. One struck a horse's head, knocking it to pieces, then took off Sergeant Breese's arm. It then struck Private Wright full in the chest passing right through him. He fell out of the saddle close to my horse's feet.'

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Photo of Private John Penn. He is wearing military uniform and five medals including the Crimean Medal. Elements of his uniform are highlighted in ink and battlements have been painted around him.

Private John Penn served with the 17th Light Dragoon (Lancers). The letter that accompanies this photograph outlines his career, including his service in Afghanistan, India and in the Crimea, where he received eleven honours including recognition for his performance during the Charge of the Light Brigade. Queen Victoria met Private Penn at Chatham Military Hospital on 28th Nov 1855, where he was recovering from a head injury. He had been sent initially to Scutari Hospital in November 1854, before returning to England. Having previously served in India before the Crimea, he was discharged from the army on 19 May 1863.

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Photos of four soldiers from the 17th Lancers who served in the Crimean War. Photos taken in 1856. These cavalrymen were awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria on 18th May 1855.

Corporal Thomas Smith, Corporal William Dimmock, Private William Pearson and Corporal Thomas Foster… All four fought at the Battle of Balaclava and took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade.

The last set of photos was taken in 1855 or 1856.