Crimean War- Timeline

Question 1

May 1854

Answer 1

British fleet land in Varna

Question 2

September 1854

Answer 2

British fleet land in Crimea

Allies begin their siege of Sebastopol -Objective to sink Russian fleet and remove Russian army from Crimea

Question 3

October 1854

Answer 3

The Times sets up the Crimea fund

Question 4

November 1854

Answer 4

Battle of Inkerman

Terrible storm in harbour of Balaklava. HMS Prince lost as well as many supplies

Question 5

Winter 1854-5

Answer 5

Terrible winter, many lives lost

William Howard Russell not in Crimea for most of this winter

Question 6

March 1855

Answer 6

Roger Fenton arrives in Crimea

Based on Nightingale’s reports from Scutari, a sanitary commission is sent to the Crimea

Question 7

Spring 1855

Answer 7

Mary Seacole establishes her ‘British Hotel’ just outside Balaklava

Question 8

June 1855

Answer 8

Raglan dies of dysentery

Question 9

September 1855

Answer 9

The Russians evacuate Sebastopol

Question 10

1856

Answer 10

Treaty of Paris signed

Question 11

1857

Answer 11

First Victoria’s crosses awarded

Mary Seacole publishes autobiography

Question 12

1860

Answer 12

Florence Nightingale’s Training School for nurses is established at St Thomas Hospital in London

Question 13

1870/1

Answer 13

Cardwell sets up army reforms