Recently whilst driving in the area I came across the Royal Marine Pub in Lyne near Cobham, I had to stop and find out why a pub named after the Marines was in the middle of Army country! The pub dates back to 1847 and was originally 2 separate cottages. It's later name is in recognition of the fact that the Royal Marines took part in the Great Camp of 1853. At the suggestion of Prince Albert ahead of the Crimean War, the Great Camp gathered over 8,000 men, 1,500 horses, and

Attack on Redan - In May 1856 a Division of the French Army, having taken up a position on the Tehernaya River, the Royal Marine Brigade was advanced in support of the French to cover their extreme right. This enabled a detachment of the RMA from the Balaclava Lines to be transferred to the Siege Train, to reinforce the Royal Artillery. This detachment, under Brevet Major Alexander, joined the right attack on June 17th, in time to take part in the bombardment preceding the un

17th October 1855 The Battle of Kinburn , a combined land-naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War, took place on the...

On 23rd August 1854, having cautiously brought his ship HMS Miranda down river and setting it “within point blank range of the city’s...

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Brahestad Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1854 Date/s: 29 May 1854 After working north through...

After the Battle of the Alma, the Armies marched towards Sebastopol; moving round the East side, they invested the fortress on the South and East Sides, the British on the right and the French on the left. It was therefore necessary to move the main bases of both Armies; the French moved theirs to Kameisch Bay, which was very convenient for them; the British had to be content with the small harbour of Balaclava, which was to their left rear and not covered by their siege line

John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn, baptised 9 December 1827 John Pethyjohns) (died 20 January 1 887 aged approx. 62)...

Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC – Crimea Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855...