FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan. Commander in the Crimean War 1853 - 56. It is generally thought to have been his overall incompetence that led to the disaster of the Charge of the Light Brigade. Died of dysentery and disappointment at the failure of the Siege of Sebastopol. His body was brought back to England and buried at Badminton, where he was born.
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Lord Raglan
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Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 1788 - 1855, Commander during the Cr...
London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. More informati...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force BT, GCB, OBE, AFC. Born Cheltenham. Died at h...
Born Ceylon. First Sea Lord: 1904 - 1910 and 1914 - 1915. Died at 19 St Jam...
