June 22, 1854, the Baltic Fleets approached Kronstadt.
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Saturday, June 22
Reminder: June 22, 1854, the Baltic Fleets approached Kronstadt. @ Sat 22 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
Friday, June 21
Reminder: Victoria Cross: on this day the deed was performed which ... @ Fri 21 Jun 2013 14:00 - 15:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: on this day the deed was performed which won the first VC. Mate Charles Davis Lucas RN of HMS Hecla threw a live Russian shell overboard during the bombardment of Bomarsund
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Reminder: June 21, 1854, Major Butler died of wounds received durin... @ Fri 21 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 21, 1854, Major Butler died of wounds received during the defence of Silistra.
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Thursday, June 20
Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 20, 1855, second citation for Captai... @ Thu 20 Jun 2013 13:00 - 14:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 20, 1855, second citation for Captain Thomas Esmonde, 18th Regt. While in command of a covering party he rushed to a spot where a fireball from the enemy had just lodged, and extinguished it before it could betray the position of his men, thus saving the party from a murderous fire of shell and grape which was immediately opened where the fireball had fallen.
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Reminder: June 20, 1855, Surgeon Lawrence Ormerond, Staff, died of ... @ Thu 20 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 20, 1855, Surgeon Lawrence Ormerond, Staff, died of cholera at Balaklava.
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Wednesday, June 19
Reminder: June 19, 1854, Eleanor Georgiana, the eleven month old da... @ Wed 19 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 19, 1854, Eleanor Georgiana, the eleven month old daughter of Commander George Granville Randolph (HMS Rodney in the Black Sea), died at Malta.
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Tuesday, June 18
Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Lieutenant Howard Craufurd... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 21:00 - 22:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Lieutenant Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, Royal Engineers. "On the night following the unsuccessful attack on the Redan, Lieutenant Elphinstone commanded a party of volunteers who searched for the scaling ladders left behind after the repulse. While performing this task he also conducted a search close to the enemy for wounded men, 20 of whom he rescued and took back to the trenches."
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, first citation for Captain... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 20:30 - 21:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, first citation for Captain Thomas Esmonde, 18th Regt. After being engaged in the attack on the Redan, Captain Esmonde repeatedly assisted, at great personal risk, in rescuing wounded men from exposed situations.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Corporal Philip Smith, 17t... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 20:00 - 21:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Corporal Philip Smith, 17th Regt, went out repeatedly in front of the advanced trenches against the Great Redan, under heavy fire, after the column had retired from the assault, and brought in wounded comrades.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Private John Joseph Sims, ... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 19:00 - 20:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Private John Joseph Sims, 34th Regt. After the regiment had retired into the trenches from the assault on the Redan, Private Sims went out under very heavy fire in broad daylight and brought in wounded soldiers outside the trenches.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Colour-Sergeant Peter Leit... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 18:30 - 19:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Colour-Sergeant Peter Leitch, Royal Engineers. After approaching the Redan with the leading ladders, he formed a caponniere across the ditch as well as a ramp by fearlessly tearing down gabions from the parapet and placing and filling them until he was disabled from wounds.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Lieutenant William Hope, 7... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 18:00 - 19:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, Lieutenant William Hope, 7th Regt. He went to the assistance of the adjutant, who was lying outside the trenches badly wounded. Having found that it was impossible to move him, even with the help of four men, he ran back across the open ground under very heavy fire from the enemy batteries, and procured a stretcher to bring the wounded officer in.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, deed by Lieutenant Gerald ... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 17:30 - 18:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, deed by Lieutenant Gerald Graham, Royal Engineers, and Sapper John Perie. The pair showed determined gallantry at the head of a ladder party at the assault on the Redan at Sebastopol. Lieutenat Graham also went out on numerous occasions to bring in wounded officers and men. Perie volunteered to go with the lieutenant to help bring in a wounded sailor lying in the open, even though he was himself suffering from a musket wound in the side.
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Reminder: For an investigation into the circumstances of the Raby-C... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 17:00 - 18:00 (On This Day)
For an investigation into the circumstances of the Raby-Curtis-Taylor VCs, see Richard Ramsay Armstrong's Book of His Adventures ISBN 978-1-4092-5023-4
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, after the doomed assault o... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 16:30 - 17:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, after the doomed assault on the Redan, deed by Lieutenant Henry James Raby, Boatswain's Mate Curtis and Captain of the Forecastle John Taylor, all of the Naval Brigade ladder parties. A soldier of the 57th Regt, who had been wounded in both legs, was observed sitting up and calling for help. At once the three left the shelter of the trench and ran forward a distance of 70 yards, across open ground, through heavy gunfire and succeeded in carrying the wounded man to safety.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, first citation for Private... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 16:00 - 17:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, first citation for Private John Alexander, 90th Regt. After the attack on the Redan Alexander went out from the trenches under very heavy fire and brought in several wounded men.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, second citation for Privat... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 15:30 - 16:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, second citation for Private Mathew Hughes, 7th Regt. "...he volunteered to bring in Lieutenant Hobson, 7th Royal Fusiliers, who was lying severely wounded, and, in the act of doing so, was severely wounded himself."
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, second citation for Thomas... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 15:00 - 16:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, second citation for Thomas Arthur, Royal Artillery. "He volunteered for and formed one of the spiking party of artillery at the assault on the Redan on 18 June 1855 and on numerous occasions left the trenches to bring in wounded officers and men."
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, penultimate part of multip... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 14:30 - 15:30 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 18, 1855, penultimate part of multiple citation for Sergeant John Park, 77th Regt. "Remarked for determined resolution at both attacks on the Redan."
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: second of two citations for Sergeant Geor... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 14:00 - 15:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: second of two citations for Sergeant George Gardiner, 57th Regt. June 18, 1855, during the attack on the Redan he himself remained and encouraged others to remain in the holes made by the explosions of the shells, and whence they were able to keep up a continuous fire until their ammunition was exhausted, and the enemy cleared away from the parapet.
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Reminder: Victoria Cross: Second of three citations for Captain Wil... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 13:30 - 14:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: Second of three citations for Captain William Peel RN of the Naval Brigade. On 18 June 1855 he led the first scaling party at the assault on the Redan, and was himself severely wounded. On each his three citation events Captain Peel was accompanied by a young midshipman, Edward St. John Daniel as Aide-de-camp.
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Reminder: June 18, 1855, 40th anniversary of Waterloo. Main assault... @ Tue 18 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 18, 1855, 40th anniversary of Waterloo. Main assault on the Malakov and Redan defeated by the Russians, with heavy British and French losses.
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Monday, June 17
Reminder: June 17, 1855, start of the 'Fourth Bombardment' of Sevas... @ Mon 17 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 17, 1855, start of the 'Fourth Bombardment' of Sevastopol.
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Sunday, June 16
Reminder: Victoria Cross: June 16, 1855, first citation for Private... @ Sun 16 Jun 2013 13:00 - 14:00 (On This Day)
Victoria Cross: June 16, 1855, first citation for Private Joseph Prosser, 1st Regt. "When on duty in the trenches, Private Prosser pursued and apprehended (while exposed to enemy cross-fire) a soldier in the act of deserting to the enemy."
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Reminder: June 16, 1855, First Russian attack at Kars (Armenia). @ Sun 16 Jun 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (On This Day)
June 16, 1855, First Russian attack at Kars (Armenia).
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