A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863Gowing, T. (Timothy)
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A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863
Gowing, T. (Timothy)
Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Personal narratives
+--------------------++----------------------------------++------+
| || MISSING. || |
| ++-------+------+----------+--------++------+
| REGIMENTS. ||Offirs.|Srgts.| Drummers.| Rank ||Grand |
| || | | | & file ||Total.|
+--------------------++-------+------+----------+--------++------+
|79th Highlanders [D]|| ... | ... | ... | ... || 70 |
|82nd Foot [A] 2nd|| Not Engaged. | || |
|88th Connaught || | | | || |
| Rangers LD|| ... | ... | ... | 21 || 475 |
|89th Foot [A]|| 1 | ... | ... | ... || 84 |
|90th " [A] LD|| ... | 4 | ... | 33 || 334 |
|93rd Highlands [D]|| 1 | ... | ... | ... || 130 |
|95th Foot 2nd|| ... | ... | ... | 3 || 399 |
|97th Foot [A] LD|| ... | 4 | ... | 36 || 341 |
|1st Batt. Rifle || | | | || |
| Brigade || ... | 3 | ... | 10 || 302 |
|2nd Batt. Rifle || | | | || |
| Brigade LD|| ... | ... | ... | 8 || 609 |
| || | | | || |
|Loss of the Light || | | | || |
| Division || 5 | 12 | 2 | 193 || 4874 |
|Loss of the Second || | | | || |
| Division || 2 | 3 | ... | 51 || 3171 |
+--------------------++-------+------+----------+--------++------+
| |
| LD Regiments that formed the Light Division. |
| 2nd Those that formed the Second Division. |
| [A] Joined the Army after Inkermann. |
| [B] The Regiments under General Scarlett that rode through and |
| through the enemy, and routed them from the plains of |
| Balaclava. |
| [C] Formed the Light Brigade under the Earl of Cardigan. |
| [D] Were not engaged at Inkermann, although they were in the |
| Crimea. |
| |
| The Light Division was near being blown up to a man in |
| November, 1855. The Magazines, just in rear of our camp, |
| caught fire and went up with a terrible crash, killing and |
| wounding a number of men. |
| |
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LOSS OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS
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