Wounded officers listed across multiple regiments in aftermath report
Lord Raglan reports on officers wounded in action with detailed casualty lines for units from 19th to 97th Foot and Royal Artillery. He notes many injuries are slight or severe with several dangerously dead, and praises medical care while acknowledging incomplete casualty totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lingall
77Th Foot
R. D. Gilby
M. W. Dickson
88Th Foot
E. G. Maynard
C. WA. T Kenny
J. F. Grier
96Th Foot
C. Anderson
97Th Foot
E. R. Mackesy
Royal Artillery
J.E. Buck-Keene
Lord Raglan
Scraps From Camp Letters on Bosquet Troops At Mamelon Hill
A deputation of officers and men urged General Bosquet to lead an assault. French troops sang as they charged on Mamelon Hill and many later lay dead. Accounts praise General Pennefather and detail injuries and brave acts including Corporal Quin’s bayonet win in the quarry attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosquet
Jack
Mortimer Adye
Adye
Quin
Pennefather
Sappers Church in the Crimea described as siege-works temple
The Daily News reports a British Camp scene near Sebastopol where sapper engineers built a church from siege apparatus. Ladders gabions and timber form walls and a reed roof allowing ventilation and shade while benches serve convalescents and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Sebastopol
Daily News
Taylor
Gabion
Massacre at Hango Report From 1855 Conflict
Notables listed include Smith James Cornwall Gliddon Boyle Roskelly Stokes Haughey George Francis Owen Francis Linn Banks Lorton. Admiral Dundas reports loss of officers and men after action near Hango and discusses leniency, prisoner releases, and inquiries into conduct amid Gulf of Finland hostilities.
Sappers Church Amid Fire Near Careening Bay
The Weekly Chronicle notes a military congregation near Careening Bay where pacific service persists despite shell bursts and gunfire from Russian redoubts and French works on the heights. Sappers keep to their yard, hearing occasional explosions but not breaking focus on peace and goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duwn
the Weekly Chronicle
Gifts to the Hospitals in the East Acknowledgments from Miss Nightingale
Miss Nightingale thanks donors for gifts to sick and wounded soldiers at Scutari. The extensive list includes individuals and addresses from London and across Britain, Ireland, Guernsey, and beyond, with many boxes and items such as shirts from the Ladies’ Patriotic Clothing Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Nightingale
Brook
B. Parlby
Thrapston
Oundle
Hounsfield
Thomas Hughes
Great
Hampton-street
Birmingham
Reed
Drinkwater
Southampton
Rev. H. Beamish
Dollman
New Bond-street
John Lee
Guide Depot
West Strand
Wenlock
O. Hansard
James King
George-street
Hanover-square
Stirling
Gore-house
Battersea
Coulthards
Wine
Forester and Son
Melville
Hanley
Colephine
N.B
Lancaster
Thomas Lloyd
J. R. Dawson
Moseley
Brighton
Lister
Ricards
Stowlangtoft
Bury St. Edmunds
Cyrus
Kincardinneshire
Collinson
Kessell
John Nixon
Castlegate
Nottingham
Tiverton
Devon
Pilkington
Chevet
Wakefield
Holkam
Ladies’ Patriotic Clothing Fund
Cornwallis
James Hunt
Edgbaston
8. Whitbread
Cardington
Bedford
King
Pylandhill
Wassan
Mallett Vaughan
Clogstoun
River
Oxford Street
Hewitt
Sea View Lodge
Queen's Town
County Cork
Robert Holland
Strange
Naples
Henry Roshan
Bedford Square
Robert Weatherspoon
Napier
Merchistoun
Portsmouth
James King Barrington
Plymouth
Smith
Whitehouse
Beper
Miscellaneous Notes From the War Era Camp and Abroad
A camp letter from Sebastopol praises government rations as bountiful when used wisely. Danish firms plan a London line for passengers and wheat. Berlin arrivals include Prince Galitzin and other dignitaries at various hotels. Prince Czartoryski foresees eventual English intervention in Poland. Piedmontese cholera remedy is soot and olive oil. General David Khan, Persian interpreter, converts to Christianity and may wed in Vienna. Piracy surges off China. ships advised to arm. Miss Nightingale, weak but recovering, sails Balaklava relief efforts. she is hosted by officials and offered use of the British Palace at Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebastopol
M. Soyer
London
Kreuz Zeitung
Berlin
Prince Galitzin
Prince Tschernitscheff
Imperial Council of State
Hotel de Petersburg
Butterlin
Hotel du Nord
von Bukowiczki
Victoria Hotel
von Heckart
St. Petersburg
Schlosser’s ‘Hotel
Baroness von Stieglitz
Hotel de Russie
Francis Boult
Liverpool
Prince Czartoryski
England
David Khan
Persia
Vienna
China
C. H. Bracebridge
Scutari
Miss Nightingale
Balaklava
Lord Ward
Mias Nightingale
Lord Raglan
Lord W. Paulet
Cumming
Queen buys Croydon Basket Carriages by Lenny
Her Majesty the Queen purchased one of Mr. Charles Lenny's Croydon Basket Carriages. The light elegant designs create a sensation among nobility. The idea could suit other styles and reduce prices, boosting Lenny's rising reputation as a carriage builder. Her Majesty and Prince Albert inspected many samples and praised them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lenny
Croydon
Lenny
Prince Albert
Tragic Destruction at Hango Island 1855
Rear Admiral E. G. Fanshawe reports the massacre of Captain Geneste, surgeon Easton, and crew aboard a cutter near Hango Island on June 5 1855 during a land attempt with a flag of truce. The boat's party, including Russian prisoners, was slain by a military force. four crew members died aboard the cutter. The ships Cossack and Esk opened fire but withdrew in fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apminatty
Dundas
Hango
Duke of Wellington
Tolboykin
Fanshawe
Cossack
Flange Head
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Gulf of Finland
Tabistan
R.S. Dunpas
Secretary of the Admiralty
H. M
Nargen Islands
Esk
Nargen
Magicienne
Hango Island
Lieut
Geneste
Easton
Euston
Sullivan
E. G. Fanshawe
R. S. Dundas
C.B
Kor
KO &Cr
Loss of Cossack boat crew amid Russian shore action
The text recounts the 1855 engagement off Tolboukin Lighthouse where the H.M.S. Cossack's cutter landed to release prisoners. Russians opened fire, killed officers and crew, and wounded John Brown who later piloted the cutter away. Correspondence from Rear Admiral Dunbar and Captain Fanshawe discusses a flag of truce and seeks full reports on the operation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis Geneate
R. ‘I’. Easton
Charles Sullivan
Edward ‘Thompson
Benjamin
H. M. S. Cossack
John Brown
Sick Bay
C. Brown
Mr. Wise
M*kenna
M Sars
M‘kenna
Wise
Dr. Easton
H. L. Wise
Arthur M‘kenna
Tolboukin
K.S.E
Cossiack
R. S. Dunpas
H.M.S. Cossack
Duke of, Wellington
Admiralty
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