The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire against an alliance of French, British, Ottoman and Sardinian troops. The war broke out in the autumn of 1853. We talk about the soldier's from Bristol who took part in this historic event, thomas Tudor and Anthony Wilder, as well as hear first hand accounts of that fatal charge. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to https://ko-fi.com/backtrackeruk (Ko-Fi.com) Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, search for https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/stores/the-backtracker-history-show?utm_campaign=17652&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=The%2BBacktracker%2BHistory%2BShow (The Backtracker History Show), and you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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SOURCES Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 10 March 1892 Bristol Mercury - Friday 19 October 1894 http://Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com) In Search of the Light Brigade. By Lawrence W. Crider The Charge of the Light Brigade. Lord Tredegar Interviewed "Earl Cardigan's Cavalry Horses", The Era, London: Frederick Ledger (852), 21 January 1855

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