Cardigan Rocks

Cardigan Rocks (50˚53'00" 127˚39'00" Just NW of Balaklava I, Queen Charlotte Str, NW of Port Hardy). James Thomas Brudenell (1797–1868), the 7th Earl of Cardigan, rose in the British Army mainly by using his wealth to purchase commissions. During the Crimean War he led the infamous 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade against superior Russian forces at Balaklava. His troops were decimated, though he himself received only a slight wound. He went on to become a lt gen, a knight and the army’s...

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