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Balaclava Light Brigade survivor recounts charge in Birmingham banquet
Trumpeter Brown, 81, veteran of Balaclava and the 17th Lancers, tells of saving three wounded comrades including Sir Charles Gordon. He earned the Legion of Honor for shielding Gordon as Russian forces pressed, then joined the charge as Captain Nolan led the regiment. Brown speaks of the front line scene with nineteen guns firing.
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