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A Bearskin’s Crimea
Colonel Henry Percy VC
& His Brother Officers
By Algernon Percy
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Inkerman on 5th November 1854. He had joined the Regiment as an eighteen-year-old Ensign in 1836, and he would go on to command the 1st Battalion in Canada in late 1861, when it was sent in response to the outbreak of civil war in the United States. He ended his days in 1877 as a full general, dying in his bed at his residence in Eaton Square.
A Bearskin’s Crimea is both his story and that of all who wore a bearskin cap in the Crimea; it is a complete story of the War in the East as never seen before. This splendid edition has been enlarged and contains a wealth of new information; for instance, the story of Captain William Peel VC RN, who fought beside the Guards at Inkerman, has been woven into the tale. As well as a new introduction by Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, the author has gathered an extraordinary array of new photographs, maps, letters, drawings, watercolours, and oil paintings, from both the Regimental and private collections, which illustrate and cover every aspect of the campaign in detail. Never before has such a rich collection been published in one volume. This is printed in a larger format and on high quality paper, so it will grace any desk or coffee table. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
James Gatehouse
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