![]() ![]() (1) The yellowing scrap of paper is held in the archives of the National Army Museum. The result was a later reform of the army and other areas of public life along with the acknowledgement that a rising meritocratic middle-class were demanding access to the professions. On October 25, 1854, the Light Brigade, a cavalry of almost 600 men, knowingly rode directly into a valley ringed on three sides by enemy troops. Reports by the likes of Florence Nightingale, also revealed the lack of proper clothing, food and shelter resulting in thousands dying from cold, exhaustion and disease. ![]() In that the Crimean War was the first to be reported by the press back home it was clear that reform was needed as it had exposed the cult of noble non-meritocratic and incompetent leadership. Rode the six hundred: Forward, the Light Brigade Charge for the guns he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. It was a classic case of bungling by Commanders such as the Earl of Cardigan who had purchased his command and Lord Lucan later promoted Field Marshal. ![]() Of the 673 men taking part 118 were killed and a similar number taken prisoner with the majority of the horses killed or wounded. The Charge of the Light Brigade was a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a British poet who lived in the 19th century. He was Commander of the Cavalry Division.Īccording the Lord Lucan the cavalry commander, Nolan wrongly signalled the direction, to the far end of the valley: ‘there my lord is your enemy, there are your guns’. ![]()
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