Event    From 1853  To 1856

Crimean War

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Crimea, Russia, Turkey

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.

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Crimean War

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Guards

The 3 guardsmen are cast from captured Russian guns. The guns displayed at th...

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Lord Raglan

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 1788 - 1855, Commander during the Cr...

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Mary Seacole statue

The statue is lit at night and the shadow of the figure on the bronze disk ph...

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Morley mosaics - KEW - Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole, born 1805. Mary learned natural medicine in Jamaica and volunte...

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Seacole - George Street

City of Westminster Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the...

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E. Cornish

E. Cornish

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. A. Maslin

J. A. Maslin

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Kenneth William Richter

Sub-Lieutenant (A) Kenneth William Richter

Kenneth William Richter was born on 27 January 1920, the eldest of the four children of William Richter (1890-1934) and Harriet Martha Richter née Axon (1891-1970). His birth was registered in the ...

Person, Armed Forces, Scotland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
T. Warman

T. Warman

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Gunner Frederick George Gatward

Gunner Frederick George Gatward

Frederick George Gatward was born on 20 March 1890 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, the eldest of the eight children of George Frederick Gatward (1868-1922) and Sarah Gatward née Impey (1872-1943). His b...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Jerwood Medical Centre

Jerwood Medical Centre

NW1, Peto Place, Jerwood Medical Centre

The content of this plaque is rather dull but we love the quality brickwork.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Louise “Little Lou” Cattell

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.

Person, Music / songs, Tragedy

1 memorial
Greta Gynt

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...

Person, Cinema, Norway

1 memorial
BRA

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.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial