War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Major battles include those at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, where they still occasionally find the remains of fallen soldiers. This war holds a number of firsts: the first to be photographed and the first to be reported by telegraph as it happened; the first to involve slaughter on a massive scale; the first to use explosives shells and trench warfare; the first to use anaesthetics. The Victoria Cross was created in 1856 to recognise acts of gallantry in this war. It was the first medal for valour awarded to servicemen of any rank. Deaths totalled over half a million, many more of disease than wounds, as Florence Nightingale revealed.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Crimean War
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Lord Raglan
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 1788 - 1855, Commander during the Cr...
Mary Seacole statue
The statue is lit at night and the shadow of the figure on the bronze disk ph...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole, born 1805. Mary learned natural medicine in Jamaica and volunte...
Seacole - George Street
City of Westminster Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the...
Other Subjects
Lieutenant Christopher Fothergill Robinson
Christopher Fothergill Robinson was born 1 December 1909 in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of the five children of Richmond Fothergill Robinson (1879-1915) and Mabel Gertrude Robinson née Sin...
J. T. Goodman
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
E. Wass
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
13th and 14th Wandsworth Battalions
The 13th was part of the East Surrey Regiment garrisoned at Witney. The 14th was a separate battalion which was absorbed into other battalions in June 1916.
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Jerwood Medical Centre
NW1, Peto Place, Jerwood Medical Centre
The content of this plaque is rather dull but we love the quality brickwork.
Louise “Little Lou” Cattell
Musician and promoter. Died aged 21 after taking the drug ketamine. The picture source provides a lot of information about Louise and about the dangers of ketamine.
Greta Gynt
Actor. Born as Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. Was in Britain aged 5 but by age 12 she was back in Oslo performing as a dancer. 1934 she returned to Britain to promote her film career. The IMDB...
BRA
Westminster City Council informs us that this acronym stands for 'Bayswater Residents Association', but we are unable to find anything that distinguishes it from SEBRA.
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