Saturday, September 8

Reminder: Victoria Cross: Asst Surgeon William Henry Thomas Sylvest... @ Sat 8 Sep 22:00 - 23:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Asst Surgeon William Henry Thomas Sylvester, 23rd Foot, on 8 September 1855, near the Redan, he went with a corporal (Robert Shields) to the aid of an officer who was mortally wounded and remained with him, dressing his wounds, in a most dangerous and exposed situation. Again, on 18 September this officer was at the front, under heavy fire, attending the wounded.

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Sat 8 Sep 22:00 – 23:00 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Corporal Robert Shields, 23rd Regt, on 8 ... @ Sat 8 Sep 21:00 - 22:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Corporal Robert Shields, 23rd Regt, on 8 September 1855, near the Redan, volunteered to go out with an assistant surgeon (William Henry Thomas Sylvester) to an exposed and dangerous part of the front, to bring in an officer who was wounded, and was afterwards found to be mortally so.

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Sat 8 Sep 21:00 – 22:00 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Sgt Andrew Moynihan, 90th Foot, on 8 Sept... @ Sat 8 Sep 20:00 - 21:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Sgt Andrew Moynihan, 90th Foot, on 8 September 1855, who was with the storming party at the assault on the Redan in the Crimea, personally encountered and killed five Russians, and while under heavy fire also rescued a wounded officer from near the Redan.

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Sat 8 Sep 20:00 – 21:00 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Capt Charles Henry Lumley, 97th Regiment,... @ Sat 8 Sep 18:00 - 19:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Capt Charles Henry Lumley, 97th Regiment, on 8 September 1855, at the assault on the Redan, he was among the first inside the work, where he was immediately attacked by three Russian gunners who were reloading a field piece. He shot two of them with his revolver when he was knocked down by a stone which stunned him for a moment, but on recovery, he drew his sword and was in the act of cheering his men on, when he was severely wounded in the mouth.

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Sat 8 Sep 18:00 – 19:00 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Asst Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, 1st Bat... @ Sat 8 Sep 17:00 - 18:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Asst Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment of Foot, Firstly, for remaining with an officer who was dangerously wounded, (Captain H. M. Jones, 7th Regiment), in the fifth parallel, on 8th September, 1855, when all the men in the immediate neighbourhood retreated, excepting Lieutenant W. Hope and Dr. Hale; and for endeavouring.to rally the men, in conjunction with Lieutenant W. Hope, 7th Royal Fusiliers. Secondly. For having, on 8th September, 1855, after the regiments had retired into the trenches, cleared the most advanced sap of the wounded, and carried, into the sap, under a heavy fire, several wounded men from the open ground, being assisted by Sgt Charles Fisher, 7th Royal Fusiliers.

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Sat 8 Sep 17:00 – 18:00 Athens
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Captain Gronow Davis, RA, on 8 September ... @ Sat 8 Sep 16:00 - 17:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Captain Gronow Davis, RA, on 8 September 1855, commanded the spiking party in the attack on the Redan with great coolness and gallantry. Afterwards he saved the life of a lieutenant of the 39th Regiment of Foot by jumping over the parapet of a sap and going some distance across the open, under murderous fire, to help carry the wounded man to cover. He also carried several other wounded soldiers to safety.

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Sat 8 Sep 16:00 – 17:00 Athens
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Private John Connors, 3rd Regiment, on 8 ... @ Sat 8 Sep 15:30 - 16:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Private John Connors, 3rd Regiment, on 8 September 1855, showed conspicuous gallantry at the assault on the Redan in personal conflict with the enemy. He rescued an officer of the 30th Regiment who was surrounded by Russians, by shooting one and bayoneting another.

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Sat 8 Sep 15:30 – 16:30 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Bombadier Daniel Cambridge, RA, on 8 Sept... @ Sat 8 Sep 14:30 - 15:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Bombadier Daniel Cambridge, RA, on 8 September 1855 at Sebastopol, volunteered for the spiking party on the assault on the Redan. He remained with the party after being severely wounded twice, but had refused to leave until the general retirement was ordered, and even then he repeatedly went back into the open to carry wounded men to safety. In the latter part of the day, he sprang forward to bring in another wounded man. While carrying the helpless infantryman to the safety of the trench Daniel was seen to stagger. Subsequently Daniel was found to have been shot a third time, in his right jaw, and, incapacitated, he took no further part in the action.

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Sat 8 Sep 14:30 – 15:30 Athens
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Sept 8, 1855, third of three citations fo... @ Sat 8 Sep 13:30 - 14:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Sept 8, 1855, third of three citations for Corporal John Ross, RE. He crept up to the Redan at night and returned to report its evacuation, bringing with him a wounded man.

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Sat 8 Sep 13:30 – 14:30 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol, Ukraine (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Sept 8, 1855, final part of multiple cita... @ Sat 8 Sep 12:30 - 13:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Sept 8, 1855, final part of multiple citation for Sergeant John Park, 77th Regt. "Remarked for determined resolution at both attacks on the Redan."

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Sat 8 Sep 12:30 – 13:30 Athens
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Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Sept 8, 1855, at Sevastopol, the attack on the Malakov by... @ Sat 8 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 8, 1855, at Sevastopol, the attack on the Malakov by the French was successful. The French failed at Little Redan, and Bastion du Mât. The British failed at the Redan.

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Sat 8 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Friday, September 7

Reminder: Sept 6, 1856, the Emperor Alexander II was crowned in Mos... @ Fri 7 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 6, 1856, the Emperor Alexander II was crowned in Moscow.

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Fri 7 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Thursday, September 6

Reminder: Victoria Cross: Sgt James Craig, for having volunteered, ... @ Thu 6 Sep 14:30 - 15:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Sgt James Craig, for having volunteered, and personally collected other volunteers, to go out under a heavy fire of grape and small arms, on the night of the 6th September, 1855, when in the right advanced sap, in front of the Redan, to look for Captain Buckley, Scots Fusilier Guards, who was supposed to be wounded. Craig brought in, with the assistance of a Drummer, the body of that Officer, whom he found dead. In the performance of which act he was wounded.[

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Thu 6 Sep 14:30 – 15:30 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Sept 6, 1855, second citation for Private... @ Thu 6 Sep 12:30 - 13:30 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Sept 6, 1855, second citation for Private John Alexander, 90th Regt. When he was with a working party in the most advanced trench, he went out under heavy fire and helped to bring in a captain who was severely wounded.

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Thu 6 Sep 12:30 – 13:30 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sebastopol (map)
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Reminder: sept 6, 1855, the Turkish commander Omar Pasha left for A... @ Thu 6 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

sept 6, 1855, the Turkish commander Omar Pasha left for Asia Minor.

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Thu 6 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Turkey (map)
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Wednesday, September 5

Reminder: Victoria Cross: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Franc... @ Wed 5 Sep 15:00 - 16:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Francis Maude, 3rd Regiment of Foot, was in charge of the covering and ladder party of the 2nd Division in the assault on the Redan. He held a position with only nine or ten men and did not retire until all hope of support was at an end and he himself was dangerously wounded.

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Wed 5 Sep 15:00 – 16:00 Athens
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Reminder: Sept 5, 1855, the 'Sixth' and final bombardment of Sevast... @ Wed 5 Sep 12:30 - 13:30 (On This Day)

Sept 5, 1855, the 'Sixth' and final bombardment of Sevastopol.

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Wed 5 Sep 12:30 – 13:30 Athens
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Reminder: Sept 5, 1854, the Allies embarked at Varna for the Crimea @ Wed 5 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 5, 1854, the Allies embarked at Varna for the Crimea

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Wed 5 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Varna, Black Sea (map)
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Tuesday, September 4

Reminder: Sept 4, 1854, the young King of Portugal, Pedro V ("o Esp... @ Tue 4 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 4, 1854, the young King of Portugal, Pedro V ("o Esperançoso"), and his brother the Duke of Oporto, visited the Emperor Napoleon III.

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Tue 4 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Boulogne, France (map)
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Monday, September 3

Reminder: Sept 3, 1855, more than 12,000 Turkish cavalry broke out ... @ Mon 3 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 3, 1855, more than 12,000 Turkish cavalry broke out of Kars at night and forced their way through the Russians.

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Mon 3 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Sunday, September 2

Reminder: Victoria Cross: Private Alfred Ablett, 3rd Battalion, Gre... @ Sun 2 Sep 14:00 - 15:00 (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Private Alfred Ablett, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, His citation reads: 1855 during the siege of Sebastopol, Crimea, a burning shell fell into a trench containing two cases of ammunition. Private Ablett at once realising the danger to which all were exposed, seized the shell in his hands and threw it over the parapet, where it immediately exploded as it touched the ground, but not a man was touched.

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Sun 2 Sep 14:00 – 15:00 Athens
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Lenins'kyi, Sevastopol (map)
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Reminder: Sept 2, 1854, King LĂ©opold the First of Belgium arrived a... @ Sun 2 Sep 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)

Sept 2, 1854, King LĂ©opold the First of Belgium arrived at Boulogne to visit the Emperor Napoleon III.

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Sun 2 Sep 12:00 – 13:00 Athens
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Boulogne, France (map)
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