Crimean War… Russian Guns.

Greetings…

After reading David’s latest post on…

https://talesfromghq.blogspot.com/

I realised that I hadn’t actually posted a picture of my rebased Russian artillery…

So here they are… Squeezing themselves into the photo booth.

I’m having a bit of a rest from rebasing now… But when I have cleared some space on my wargames table I will have that promised parade…

The figures are of course Great War Miniatures… Painted by Dave Andrews.

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The bases are as always Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/

Next I have some shiny toys on the way… 

All the best   Aly

Crimean War… The last of the Jägers.

Greetings…

Here we have the last of my rebased Jäger units…

They look pretty much like the last lot 😁…Except the forage caps have yellow piping… Indicating that this is the fourth battalion in the regiment…

The figures are of course Great War Miniatures…

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The Standards are from North Star 

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The bases are as always Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/

I have three guns to do next and then I might have a little parade… I know you all like parades 😁

All the best   Aly

Crimean War… Russian jagers.

Greetings

Here is the next unit in the Great Crimean War rebasing project…

Russian Jägers…

All the hip kids are doing Russian Jägers at the moment…

https://talesfromghq.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-2nd-battalion-of-roosian-jaegers.html

I have another unit waiting for its standard and that will be all the infantry done.. for now 😁…

After the some guns… 

There may be something shiny next..

All the best   Aly

The Crimean War…Russian Command rebased…

Greetings …

Here are the next of rebased ‘units’…

Russian Command stands…

Fairly straightforward stuff…  I have a couple of Jäger Battalions on the way and some more shiny stuff.

All the best   Aly

The Crimean War… Rebased Russian Jägers.

Greetings …

Here we have the latest rebased Russian battalions…

This time it is two units of Jägers…

Yet again a fairly painless process…

The figures are of course Great War Miniatures…

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The Standards are from North Star 

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The bases are as always Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/

The toys were again all painted by many talented people…

All the best   Aly

The Crimean War… The Great Rebasing.

Greetings…

The Great Crimean War Rebasing continues…

The first and second regiment of a brigade… Four battalions each…

They only just fit inside my light box….

Here the are on the table…

The figure are of course Great War Miniatures…

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The Standards are from North Star 

https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&cat=175&page=1

The bases are as always Warbases…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/

The figures were painted by many talented people…

All the best   Aly.

A Bit More Family History...

 Greetings...

Way back in 2020 I posted about my Great Great Grandfather... Edward Bolton...

http://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-little-bit-of-family-history-my-great.html

Since then I have found out a little more about him...

Once more with the help of the lovely Trish we found him in the 1851 census in the town of Cumbernauld in Dunbartonshire... he is listed here as a coal miner... aged 18.

He may well have joined the army soon after this...

I get the feeling that most of my ancestors who joined the military did so because it was safer than working down a Mine or in a Foundry...

This is a photo of  ‘I’ Troop Royal Horse Artillery ... Edward Bolton’s Troop... 

My Great Great Grandfather could be one of the men in this image... I think I may have said Gosh! when I found this...

One of the first actions he could have been at was at the Bulganak River crossing on the 19th of September 1854...

He would have been one of these dashing figures on the right of the painting...

His next adventure would have been at the Battle of the Alma...

Edward would have been with the Light Brigade in the bottom left of this map...

In December 2019 I posted about my friend Aidan’s Great Great Great Grandfather William Stone who served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Crimean War...

http://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-family-history-my-friend-aidans-great.html

We always wondered if they ever came close to each other...

Okay they didn’t shake hands... but... you know... there was a battle going on.

All well and good Edward would have carried on and been with his troop at Balaclava...

Edward would have been with his comrades in the North Valley near the 4th Redoubt...where he would have witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade at much closer quarters that most of us would like to have been.

Well... This is all quite incredible...

When I started my interest in the Crimean War I never thought that I would find out that I would have had a family member who had been there...

I do hope we can find out more...

Many thanks again to Trish and Linda for their help with this.

All the best    Aly

A Little Bit of Family History... My Great Great Grandfather

Greetings...


Things are still a bit slow on the toy painting front so, I thought that I would share a little bit of my family history with you...


When I was visiting Edinburgh I found out a bit more about my family's military heritage...


I remember my Grandmother saying that she had been bounced on the knee of a Crimean War veteran...
As she was actually born in the Sergeants Quarters at Stirling Castle ,I have always assumed that she was referring to a member of The Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders...


Apparently not... She was talking about her Grandfather... My Great Great Grandfather...


Edward Bolton... Gunner Royal Horse Artillery.

I am hoping to find out a bit more about J Troop... It would be quite fun to try and recreate an action Edward Bolton took part in on the tabletop...


Many thanks to my friends and family (Trish and Linda) for finding this for me...


All the best   Aly

A Family History... My friend Aidans Great Great Great Grandfather

Greetings...


The other week my friend and colleague Aidan came over to me and said "Aly I have just found out something about my Great Great Great Grandfather... And you are going to love it"


He wasn't wrong...


Aidan has allowed me to post this article about his ancestor...
It makes fascinating reading...

Apart from being a wonderful snapshot of  Aidan's family history... It also shows how close we are to the past...


Aidan...
His Parents...
His Grandparents...
His Great Grandparents...
His Great Great Grandparents...
His Great Great Great Grandparents...


Five degrees of separation from the Crimean War... (And no Kevin Bacon).


This has encouraged me to look further into my families past... My Great Grandfather was in the Argyles at the turn of the 20th Century... If his Father or Grandfather served it the ranks... Who knows where that will lead...
It will be interesting to find out one way or another...


Many thanks to Aidan for letting me share this piece of his family history...


All the best   Aly