her actions during the Crimean War and what happened to her after the war had ended. Mary tells of her early life in Jamaica, and how her mother, a taught her all her healing skills. In 1854, when ...

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They’ve been used in unforgiving conditions for centuries – having originated during the Crimean War at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. Handmade, multi-use balaclavas were sent over to the ...

During the Crimean War he obtained a furlough ... Secretary of State for Colonies 1852, Secretary of War 1854, Colonial Secretary 1857, Governor of Prince of Wales 1860, died in London, aged ...

Williamstown amateur historian Barb McNeill is Star Weekly’s history columnist. This week she writes of the panic that spread ...

Style muse and mother-of-one Hailey stepped out in New York on Wednesday oozing off-duty cool. She wore a pair of classic beige straight-leg trousers, a grey cardigan to match her balaclava and an ...

I was asked by a regular reader of this column if I could revisit an article I wrote five or six years ago about street names.

Fanny Duberly was the horse-loving wife of a Victorian cavalry officer. When the Crimean War broke out in 1854 she was twenty-six, cheerful, childless and strong-minded. She was among the handful of ...

Built by the Russian army as a defence outpost, the 19th-century Bomarsund Fortress was destroyed during the Crimean War in 1854. The fortress is a sprawling complex with the central section housing ...

Jacqueline Braithwaite's history-focused print is on display at the SS Great Britain's Dockyard Museum in Bristol.