User:RoyDutton

I am passionate collector of Victorian Campaign medals. My big interest being the Charge of the Light Brigade. I set out a few years ago to find the 100 plus missing Chargers that to date have been confined to the dustbin of history. The information collected over the years has been storied in a massive archive, this will now be freely available via a database accessible via the internet this together with a book. Will make the information available to anyone with an interest in this subject. The book to be published in October/November 2007 entitled Forgotten Heroes The Charge of the Light Brigade. Contains first hand accounts of the men who took part in the heroic and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on the 25th October 1854. Previously unpublished biographies of the men and photographs bring their stories to life. What became of our heroes? Some died penniless while others found fame and fortune. All the individuals who took part are represented in this book. To date only 513 individuals have been identified as having rode in the Charge, I have been able to add an additional 47 with another 29 marked as "Possibly rode in the Charge"