Bound hand written diary of Charles William Dunbar Staveley kept during his service in the Crimean War, 1854, covering journey from Malta; Russian troop movements; arriving in Gallipoli; British troop movements; death of William Staveley; outbreak of cholera; general health of the troops; transport arrangements; casualties; artillery engagement; weather conditions; cavalry charges; defence of Balaclava; offering assistance to Duke of Cambridge; injuries sustained by troops; events of the Charge of the Light Brigade. 
The diary includes a sketch of troop positions at Balaclava & drawings of troop ships in the back of the notebook.