Victoria Cross: second of three citations for Corporal William James Lendrim, Royal Sappers and Miners. On April 11, 1855, he got on top of a magazine under fire, and extinguished burning sandbags, making good the breach.
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Saturday, April 11
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April 11, 1855, the morning in the Crimea was foggy with light rain. Allied fire opened again at daylight.
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Friday, April 10
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Victoria Cross: citation for Boatswain's Mate John Sullivan of the Naval Brigade who, 1855, as captain of one of the guns at Greenhill Battery, volunteered to place a flagstaff on a mound to act as an aiming point. He carried out this dangerous task undeterred by continuous fire from enemy sharpshooters, and his action enabled the battery to open fire on hitherto concealed enemy guns which were doing great damage to some of the advanced works.
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Notification: April 10, 1855, the fire re-opened from all the batteries... @ Annually from 12:00 to 13:00 on April 10 (On This Day)
April 10, 1855, the fire re-opened from all the batteries, as on the day previous day, at daylight. The Russians replied with considerable vigour.
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Thursday, April 9
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April 9, 1855, Easter Monday, "Second Bombardment" of Sevastopol.
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Notification: April 9, 1854, the Declaration of War received by the All... @ Annually from 12:00 to 13:00 on April 9 (On This Day)
April 9, 1854, the Declaration of War received by the Allied Fleets in Baltshik Bay.
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Wednesday, April 8
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April 8, 1855, a few shots were fired from the Right Attack; none from the Left.
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Tuesday, April 7
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April 7, 1855, laying of the electric telegraph cable across the Black Sea from Varna commenced.
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Monday, April 6
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April 6, 1855, very little firing in the Sevastopol siege lines. The damaged 32-pounder was replaced in Gordon's Battery.
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Sunday, April 5
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April 5, 1855, Brevet Major Thomas Davis, 95th Foot, died of disease in the Crimea.
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April 5, 1854, British troops arrived at Gallipoli.
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