Thursday, April 17

Notification: Victoria Cross: April 17, 1855, Captain Matthew Charles D... @ Thu 17 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: April 17, 1855, Captain Matthew Charles Dixon, battery commander, Royal Artillery, when his was blown up by a Russian shell which burst in the magazine, destroying the parapets, killing or wounding 10 men, disabling five guns and covering a sixth with earth, reopened fire with the remaining gun and continued firing it until sunset, despite the heavy concentration of fire from the enemy's batteries and the ruined state of his own.
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Notification: April 17, 1855, one seaman from HMS Leander (AB John Book... @ Thu 17 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 17, 1855, one seaman from HMS Leander (AB John Booker) and one from HMS Rodney (AB George Green) were wounded in the Naval Brigade batteries in the Crimea.
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Wednesday, April 16

Notification: April 16, 1854, the Vladika of Montenegro, Danilo Petrovi... @ Wed 16 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 16, 1854, the Vladika of Montenegro, Danilo Petrovic-Njegos, issued a second proclamation against the Turks.
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Tuesday, April 15

Notification: April 15, 1854, a treaty was signed between Britain and F... @ Tue 15 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 15, 1854, a treaty was signed between Britain and France.
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Monday, April 14

Notification: April 14, 1854, the Russians besieged Silistra (Bulgaria). @ Mon 14 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 14, 1854, the Russians besieged Silistra (Bulgaria).
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Sunday, April 13

Notification: Victoria Cross: April 13, 1855, citation for Private Samu... @ Sun 13 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: April 13, 1855, citation for Private Samuel Evans, 19th Regt. At the siege of Sevastopol he volunteered to go into an embrasure to repair a breach. He and another private went into the battery and leapt into the embrasure, where they carried out the necessary repairs under very heavy enemy fire.
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Notification: April 13, 1854, the Baltic Fleet was sailing towards the ... @ Sun 13 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 13, 1854, the Baltic Fleet was sailing towards the Gulf of Finland.
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Saturday, April 12

Notification: April 12, 1855, Lieutenant William Henry Douglas, RN, kil... @ Sat 12 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 12, 1855, Lieutenant William Henry Douglas, RN, killed in battery by a Russian round shot that knocked the top of his head off. Douglas was 3rd son of General Claud Douglas. His older brother, Archibald Alexander Douglas, RMA, also served in the Naval Brigade and was standing beside him when he was killed.
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Friday, April 11

Notification: Victoria Cross: second of three citations for Corporal Wi... @ Fri 11 Apr 2025 14:00 - 15:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

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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Notification: April 11, 1855, the morning in the Crimea was foggy with ... @ Fri 11 Apr 2025 12:00 - 13:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

April 11, 1855, the morning in the Crimea was foggy with light rain. Allied fire opened again at daylight.
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Thursday, April 10

Notification: Victoria Cross: citation for Boatswain's Mate John Sulliv... @ Thu 10 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

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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