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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Hyde Park Barracks - Somerset and Raglan
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
Lord Raglan
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 1788 - 1855, Commander during the Cr...
Westminster School - old boys fallen in Crimean War & Indian Rebellion
The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westmins...
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War dead, WW2
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Private Frederick Lewis Perrett
Frederick Lewis Perrett was born on 1 April 1889 at 54 Regency Street, Westminster, London, the fifth of the eight children of Lewis John Perrett (1854-1925) and Eliza Matilda Perrett née Jones (18...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Admiral John Benbow
Admiral. Born Shropshire. Whilst in the West Indies fighting the French, Benbow was in charge of a fleet of seven ships. During the fight, which lasted a few days, he sustained a broken leg fr...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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