Author: Martin Sheppard
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1399069829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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The Brigade of Guards was the elite force of the British Army in the Crimea. William Scarlett, a captain in the Scots Fusilier Guard and one of the most active junior officers in the regiment, fought throughout the entire campaign. After the Allied landing at Kalamita Bay, Scarlett rallied his regiment at a critical moment during the battle of the Alma, supported by his company sergeant, who was awarded the VC. William Scarlett’s life may well have been saved after the battle of Balaklava by becoming an aide de camp to his uncle, General James Scarlett, the commander of the Heavy Brigade. This meant that he did not fight at Inkerman, which took a heavy toll on the officers of the Guards Brigade. Returning to the trenches early in 1855, William Scarlett was involved in all the phases of the siege of Sebastopol until its fall in September 1855. The survival of 139 previously unpublished letters record Scarlett’s deeds and thoughts. Written to nineteen different correspondents, and deliberately intended by him to form a personal account of his rôle in the war, his letters provide a forceful commentary on the successes and failures of the British army in the East. His life before and after the war is well recorded. Becoming the third Lord Abinger in 1861, Scarlett was the second English peer to marry an American. He built a castle in Scotland, where Queen Victoria stayed in 1873, and two of his daughters became notable suffragettes.

Author: Countess Mabell of Airlie
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787204200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Originally published in 1953, With the Guards We Shall Go (1933) details the experiences of Countess of Airlie’s great-uncle, John Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden, throughout the Crimean War. The book draws on numerous letters written and received by the Guardsman between 1854-1855, which the Countess began to compile in 1917.

Author: Michael Springman
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844156788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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The Guards Brigade consisted of three battalions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards and 1st Scottish Fusilier Guards (as the Scots Guards were then known). The book opens with a resumé of the causes of the War and an analysis of the woeful disorganization of the Army, in contrast to the efficiency of the Royal Navy. The Brigade’s performance in the major battles (Alma, inkerman etc.) is examined. The author describes the Russians’ plans, the ground and conditions experienced by the long suffering troops. The roles and abilities of the various commanders, often found wanting, is fascinatingly treated. After the war was over, the return home and parades are described.

Author: Sir John Foster George Ross-of-Bladensburg
Publisher:
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Author: General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson GCB GCVO
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782899200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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[Illustrated with over two hundred and sixty maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Crimean War] At a regimental gathering following Sir George Higginson’s funeral one officer remarked to another that no-one could remember the regiment without Sir George present. It is hardly surprising as General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson GCB, GCVO had lived for 101 years, the longest of any British General, and as the title of his autobiography indicates the majority of those years in the Grenadier Guards. General Higginson’s life seemed to be in fact two lives; the first in active service with the British army, he would see action in many parts of the world. He would achieve great fame as a hero of the Crimean War and his reminiscences of which forms the greater part of this volume. The Author travelled out to the Crimea as adjutant of the 3rd Battalion; and fought at the battles at Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman at which he was greatly distinguished. His details of the siege and fall of Sebastopol are among the best that survive. He details in full the filthy unsanitary conditions, inept command, and cholera that the British soldiers had to endure, not to mention the shot and shell of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. Following his military retirement in 1893 at the ripe age of 67 and then embarked on career as advisor to Queen Victoria, travelling dignitary as far afield as America and Russia and figurehead of the regime. A renowned and statesmanlike figure he died in 1927 mourned by all who knew him. A fascinating autobiography.

Author: Thomas Pickering
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Languages : en
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Author: Mabell Ogilvie (countess of Airlie.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Thomas PICKERING (Soldier.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson
Publisher: London : Smith, Elder
ISBN:
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess of Airlie
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 322

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