British Army of the Crimea

The British Army''s involvement in the Crimean War of 1854-56 is often remembered only for the ill-advised ''charge of the Light Brigade'' during the battle of Sevastopol as memorialized in Tennyson''s poem. Nevertheless, the British Army, together with the French and Turkish armies, posed a formidable threat to Russia''s expansionist ambitions. This book examines the uniforms of the various branc...