Crimean War Memorial Portsmouth
January 2012
This isn't really a competition, I'm afraid - more like a plea for help.
I'm starting to work on the web pages for my Crimean novel, 'Into the Valley of Death', and something I'm really passionate about is the need to ensure the long-dead heroes of that war are not forgotten. In my researches I've come across very few gravestones and memorials to the fallen of the Crimea, and I'd really like to learn about others and compile a collection of photographs.
They're hard to find, but here's a wonderful example of one, taken by 'Lincolnian Brian', posted to flickr here. This one's licensed under Creative Commons, but it would be great to start a collection of our own.
Do YOU know of a gravestone or memorial dedicated to anyone who fell in the Crimea? Could YOU send me a picture of one, and give me permission to show it on my site? Until further notice, EVERYONE who sends me such a picture will get a signed copy of 'Into the Valley of Death' as soon as it comes out in May.
How to send one:
Write to me on the contact form, with 'Crimean Graves' in the subject line. I'm afraid the form doesn't allow for attachments, but you can upload your picture for free to a photo-hosting site like Photobucket or Flickr, then all you need do on the form is send me a link to the url.
PLEASE remember to say how you would like to be credited for the picture, whether you would like your copy of the book personalized, and to what address you would like it sent.
December 2011
With many apologies for the delay, here are the three winners of the last competition:
'EKB' of Aldershot
'Swordfiend' of New Maldon
and Mrs E. Sanderson of London - who I actually met at 'History in the Court'.
who each won a signed copy of 'In the Name of the King'.
This competition proved trickier than I thought, but the subject of my next novel is the Crimean War, and the six-word phrase I was after 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.
The individual pictures are identified below:
This is Roger Fenton's photograph of those members of the 13th Light Dragoons who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade.
This is actually the track in the North Valley at Balaklava down which the Light Brigade charged to their doom.
These are cannon of the period, although these particular examples are not at Balaklava but currently sited by the Malakhov Tower - one of the great bastions defending Sevastopol itself.
And this, of course, is the harbour at Balaklava, where the British established their base for the Siege of Sevastopol.
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Battle of Balaklava, October 25th 1854.
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