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Accession Number

NAM.2012-04-5-1

Description

Letter to a friend from Pte Thomas Gay, 7th Royal Fusiliers, from the camp before Sevastopol, 11 Dec 1855. Reviews his involvement in the entire campaign, from sailing out to Turkey and then Bulgaria in the spring of 1854, through the battles of the Alma and Inkerman, to the fall of Sevastopol in September 1855. Associated with Battle of Alma (1854), Battle of Inkerman (1854) and Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855), Crimean War (1854-1856).

Events

Alma, Battle of the, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

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