The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-26 00:00:00

'^9lR otkoris IN THE CRIMEA.

( Prom the ~‘iteeeital Correspondent of the Times.)
The British army, relieved from the pressure of military
duties; and warned Of their approaching departure, have la- ,
tentred,regiment by regiment, for many long weeks, to erect
then:whale to the comrade whose remains will ho left, behind
him by the 144 Finglisliman who quits this soil' .; and the
works of this
.naturd, •Which their hasty embarkation did I.:et
permit them to complete, butte been undertaken by the feu,'
skilled soldier-labourers now belonging; to the fragments of
a+tri-V: The Chersonese is covered with Isolated graves,
with longer th.lilel-nrounds, and detached cemeteries from
Balaklava to the vergt; ef, the roadstead of Sebastopol. Ra-
vine and plain—hill, and hollOW-= the roadside and secluded
illey—for miles around, from the sett to the Tchernaya, pre-,
eent th,.-tt4 ritark white stones, singly or in groups, stuck up-
right in tbe Afid soil, or just peering over the rank vegeti.^..-
tion which springs from b.ocath them.
I have already described Cathcart's-hill Cemetery. The
burial-grounds of the Light and Seecrnd Divisions have since
' attOirle snob dimensions that it would be impossible in a
ucwsplpelr.kigive even an idea of their position, and of the
monuments they contain. Without pretending t* offer a
guide-book, or to notice the many sad memorials of our lossts
stud sufferings in the Crimea, a brief supplementary notice of
some of iiitl principal burial-grounds may not bo uninterest-

ing.
The French have talon but little pains with their graves.
One large cemetery has been formed with great care and good
taste dear the old Inkerman camp, but in general our allies
have !lot enclosed their burial places. The Sardinians have
erected a pedestal and obelisk of stone on the heights of Ba-
laklaVa, elese to their hospital, to the memory of their de-
parted comrades, and we have erected similar monuments on
the heights of Inkerman and on the plain of Balaklava to
commemorate the sth of November and the 25th of October.
These will endure for ages if they are permitted to remain

untouched by man.
At the Malakhoff there is nothing but a largo wooden cross
at the head of a mound full of dead, with this inscription in
white paint (sic) :
" Unis pour la victoire,
" Reuni par la mart
" Du aoldat c'est le. gloire
" Du brave c'est le sort."
Outside the vineyard, at the English head-quarters, there is
a small graveyard which contains but two monuments. One,
'ormed of a large horizontal slab of marble, marks the spot
where lies the body of our excellent Adjutant-General, and
in addition to some Russian inscriptions has the simple words
—" To the memory of Major- General J. Bucknall Estemart,
Adjutant-General of the British army, who died of cholera,
June 24, 1855. *Born 1802." The next is a handsome cross
Tv Om ineLuory of C..R. Cattier. Eao, , who axed of cho-
lera while serving on the stiff of Lord Raglan, July, 1855."
The rest are all nameless.'
In a small enclosure, separated from the natural meadow
on the slopes of Inkerman, near the most southerly point of
the Russian attack, are three monuments. The centre is a
slab of fine white stone lying horizontally on two deep slabs
of larger size, so that they form as it were a small flight of
steps. It bears a cross at the head and the following inscrip-
tion " 41st Regiment. Sacred to the memory of Lieut.-
Jolonel rpenter, Captain Richards, Lieut. Swaby, Lieut.
Taylor, Lieut. Stirling, who fell at the Battle of Inkerman,
November the sth, 1854 ; also of Assistant-Surgeon Lamont,
who died on the sth of January, 1855."
On the left of this is a horizontal monument of stone, in-
scribed—" Sacred to the memory of Sergeant-Major Spence,
41st Regiment; who was killed at the battle of Inkerman, on
the sth of November, 1854, aged 28 years ;" and on the right
is a smaller slab " Sacred to the memory of J, Lillies, pri-
vate, -41st Regiment, who was killed at the battle of Inker-
man." There are many other graves scattered up and down
over the slope of the hill, and a large enclosure is devoted
almost exclusively to the 30th Regiment.
In leaving the Inkerman plateau, and proceeding down the
Werionzew-road past the burial ground of the Light Division,
you come on the rear of Gordon's battery. Here many a
poor fellow has been brought to die, and then has found a
resting-place near the scene of his last fight. Over one mound
there is a stone; " Sacred to the memory of E. Churchill and
W. Lattiman, killed 17th October, and of J. Radmore, killed
18th June, of H.M.S. Diamond." Farther on, behind the
first parallel, there is a monument, " Sacred to the memory
o' Serjeant R. M'Coy, H.M. 55th Regiment, who fell in the
assault on the Quarries on the evening of the 7th Juue.
Erected by his affectionate brother, John M'Coy, Colour-
Serjeant, 49th Regiment." This is an affecting proof of bro-
therly love, but somewhat further'on two soldiers have given
a still more conspicuous proof of the same feeling. In front
of the third parallel, and just in rear of the Quarries, there is
a very handsome stone slab, surrounded with a fine wall of
cut stone. The slab is richly ornamented and carved, and
bears the following inscription :—" Erected by William and
James Weir, 47th Regiment, to the memory of their beloved
brother Robert, who was killed in the trenches before Sebas-
topol on the 12th of July, 1855, aged 31, Also to Serjeant
J. Keefe of the same regiment, who was killed at the same
time and place.—' Blessed are the servants whom the Lord
when he comes shall find watching.'—Luke 12."
In a secluded ravine, once busy with frequent marches and
resounding with the roar of cannon, thebursting of shells, and
the turmoil of the neighbouring camps, lie all that was mor-
tal of those of the Naval Brigade who rest in the Crimea. The
cemetery it enclosed by a wall, and is entered by a gateway,
in good preservation. The first stone which strikes the eye
is a handsome Vertical slab of marble, with a cross engraved,
and the inscriptions, " Requiescat in pace. Sacred to the
memory of Lieutenant E. H. Hughes D'Aeth, late First Lieu-
tenant of her Majesty's ship Sidon, who, after having served
nine months on shore with the Naval Brigade, died of cholera
August 7, 1835, aged 31 years. This stone is erected by the
captain and officers of her Majesty's ship Sidon in testimony
of their esteem and regard." The second grave is inscribed,
" Sacred to the memory of J. Nichols, who was killed in ac-
tion on the Bth of September, 1855, aged 21. Unto the Lord
I lift up my soul." The third is a simple memorial "To the
memory of William Barry, killed 17th, 1855, Him that
cometh unto me I will in nowise cast out' " No. 4. "To J.
Pinhorn, late gunners' mite, her Majesty's ship Albion, May
6, 1855, age 32." No, 5. "In memory of W. Hubank, W.
Jones, S. Smith, and S. Wallace, killed in action ; erected by
the crew of her Majesty's ship Albion, in token of their re-
spect." No. 6. "In memory of William, her Majesty's ship
Albion, killed in Greenhill Battery, April 9." No. 6. "To
W. Haynes, her Majesty's ship Albion." No. 7. "To John
Mullet, her Majesty's ship Leander," No. 8. "To C. Gas-
ton, her Majesty's ship Leander." No. 9. " To J. Tobin, died
of wounds received in action." Beneath is this quaint in-
scription :
" Pam anchored here below with many of the fleet,
But once again we will set sail our Admiral Christ to meet."
In the north-west angle of the enclosure are four graves with-
out stones. In the second row are 17 graves, of which eight
are marked by headstones. In the third row there are 13
graves, two of which have slabs and inscriptions to the me-
mory of seamen, named Collis and Hughes. The third
grave is distinguished by a fine slab—" To the memory
of Lieutenant W. H. Douglas, R.N., her Majesty's ship
Queen ; killed 11th April while serving in the battery with
the Royal Naval Brigade at the, siege of Sebastopol." Next
is a fine monument —" Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant
S. Twyford, R.N., who was killed by the fire from the Rus-
sian trenches while serving with the Naval Brigade, April 9,
1855." At the foot there is a handsome slab, with a similar
inscription iu Russian characters. In the same row (No. 5)
there is a substantial and massy monument—" In memory of
Henry John Spalding, R.N., mate of her Majesty's ship Lon-
eon, killed in the trenches before Sebastopol on the 21st of
January, 1855," No, 6 is to "R. Gardner, her Majesty's
ship London, killed April the 9th, 1855." In the fourth row
there are 13 graves—No. 1 is to "J. Arnold, her Majesty's
ship Leauder, killed on the Bth of June, 1855." No. 2, to
" J. Pasccie, her. Majesty's ship Leander, killed on the 9th of
June, 1855." No. 3, to G. Cass, her Majesty's ship Leander,
killed in the storming party at the Rcdan on the 18th of
June, 1855," No. sis a large and well-executed tomb, with
inscriptions on the slabs in English and Russian. It is in-
scribed, "In memory of Lacon Ussher Hammett, comman-
der, It N ; of her Majesty's ship London, who was killed in
the trenches before Sebastopol, August 17, 1855, while serv-
ing with the Naval Brigade and in command of its batteries
of the right attack." Iu the sth row aro 13 graves. No. 1
is a small stone, " Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant T. 0.
Kidd, killed in the action before Sebastopol, Juue 18, 1855,
aged 24." No. 2is to "E. Collins, January 7, 1855," The
other graves are nameless. On the 6th row there are 13
graves, of which only one is provided with any memorial, and
this one is a large slab of wood already decaying and inscribed
as follows :—" Sacred to the memory of the following seamen
of her Majesty's ship Queen, serving in the Naval Brigade be-
fore Sebastopol—George Sullivan, B. Eames, R. Ladrick,
W. Good, J. Morrows, J. Duggan, J. Davison, F. M.
Collier, W. Soulsby, J. Trim, J. Bryant, N. Harvey,
W. Jones, B. Taylor, H. Hill, W. M'Donald, F. Fiddy,
J. Symons, H. J. Baziug, J. Corbally, J. Phillips,
S. Welsh, J. Blewitt, J. Medlin, J. Coffin, Pat Mahoney, It.
Johns, T. Lanabaan T. Clark, H. Chester, and F. Driver."
In the seventh row are 14 graves. No. 1, a wooden slab,
" Sacred to the memory of J. Price, J. Reed, W. Davidson,
and E. Quinn, who fell in action in the execution of their
duty on the 18th of June ; also, of J. Murphy, J. Ennis, and
at Kearns, who fell in the storming party the same day,
much lamented by their shipmates of H.M.S. Rodney," No.
2 is a large wooden slab—" Sacred to the memory of J. Glan-
ville, killed 9th of April, aged 28 ; S. Turner, killed in action
April 11, aged 25; J. Woodford, killed in action 14th of
April ; D. Logan, killed in action 6th of June ; J. Lane, W.
Wheeler, R. Morris, J. Callinaue, J. Brooks,- J. Swift, T.
Short, Fullerton P. Donoghue. This board is erected by the
ship's company of H.M.S. Wasp, in token of respect to their
departed shipmates." The grass grows green over these
graves, and nunaborless wild flowers have sprung up in the
rich mould of the ravine. The enclosure is but. a short way
from the site of the camp of the Na,;,arßriglidiS, but it is situ:
ated ou the leit-hand side of the. -ravine as you descend to-
wards Sebastopol, whereas the sailors pitched their tents on
the right-hand ride.
By the, side of the goad from Balaklava, to the front there
are two graveyards filled with slabs and with monuments in
cut stone, one erected by the Army Works Corps too their own
officers and men who died here; the other, the work of the
same corps, in memory of the officers and men of the Land
Transport Corps who fell by sickness in the Crimea.
In the plain below the site of the Turkish camp, near head-
quarters, stands a solitvy grave. It is enclosed by a substan-
tial stone wall, and the head is marked by a handsome slab of
oolito, or white sandstone, with an ornamental carving above
an incised cross. !On the body of the stone is engraved—,
Sa-
cred to the memory of Col. Balfour Ogilvy, who died July 12,
1855. This stone, was erected as a mark of respect by his bro-
ther officers:;'-. Stich isolated records are not uncommon. Poor
firavelled with him to the East when he came out
iu February, 1854, to seek service in the Turkish army under
his frieild Colonel. Cannon, and I soon heard of his distill.
guishing hinatelf at Silistria, and subsequently of his gallant
behaviour at Eupatoria. While the Turkish army was lying
inactively on the hills near Lord Raglan's quarters he sickened
and died just at the very time that Omer Pasha had triumphed
over the scruples and.objections of, the allied generals to the
removal of his troops to Kutais.
The burial-ground of the non-commissioned officers and
men of the Brigide of Guards is enclosed by a substantial
wall. It is entered by a handsome double gate, ingeniously
constructed of wood, and iron hoops hammered out straight,
and painted,;Whicli is hinged on two massive pillars of cut
atone, with ornamental capitals, each surmounted by a can-
non ball. 'Ttatie are six rows of graves, each containing 30
or more bodies. Over each of these is a tombstone or a
mound, fenced in by rows of white stones with the initials or
sometimes the name, of him who lies below, marked on the
mould by means of pebbles. Facing the gate, and close to
it stands a large stone cross, erected en a series of four mas-
sive blocks of the, same material. On the west face of Um
block supporting the cross aro thii words—" Cr ;nadiers,
Coldstreams, Scots Fusilier Guards, A.D. 1855." On the
opp )site face is the following inteription—" To the memory
of the non-commissioned officers and men of the brigade of
Guards who fell in the Crimea this cross was erected by their
surviving comrades, A.D. 1856." There are but few nlQllU-
mental stones in this cemetery; one is a stone Cross, with
the inscription, "Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant A.
Hill, 22d Regiment, who died jun° 21, 1856. This stone
was erected by his friends in the Crimea. " Another is "In
memory of Serjednt-Major Rennie, 'l43d Highlanders._
Erected by a friend.". A taiaa is Sacred to the memory of
Serjeant Georatei Haman. greeted by a friend." ' A fourth
is to " Quarterrnaetir J. WDMiald, 724 Regiment, who died.
on the, 16th a
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