25th October was also the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.
Quite a day that was 165 years ago - you had the bravery and obstinacy of the ‘Thin Red Line’, and the improbable but effective Charge of the Heavy Brigade, both overshadowed by the catastrophe in the Valley of Death, immortalised by Tennyson’s poem.
Honour the Light Brigade...
The immortalized charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War was likely the result of a miscommunication. The charge was supposed to be down an adjoining valley, not the “valley of death” where it actually occurred.