The Crimean War included the famous battles of Sebastapol and Balaclava, where the 1st Royal Dragoons took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade.

James Thomas Brudenell was the 7th Earl of Cardigan, an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its charge at the Battle of Balaclava.

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which ...

mouth and nose or face to be exposed – is named after the Battle of Balaclava, where they were first worn. The battle of 1854 was part of the Siege of Sebastopol, during the Crimean War ...