David, it quiet on forum,everyone out of town.Wow again, this guy Massimo make me put my models back in teh box with shame. his photo are tres cool.He must have teh owl eye. remarkable detail.

tonite i still make big wobble baggage train for my cw diorama. i will use ho railway models carts also,ho smaller horse and put milliput pack on.I use many mule and camel than ever before.

teh black adder very funny mr bean man i rent wobble movie again.very sad end...wobble

I noticed one Trumpeter Richard Davis who was only 13 years,5 months when he was killed, I thought I had misread so I went over it again.

http://www.chargeofthelightbrigade.com/allmen/allmenD/allmenD_13LD/davis_r_1108_13LD/davis_r_1108_13LD.html


I wasn't aware that some soldiers were so young

Sorry, I misread afterall. He lived to receive his pension.

Dear Patrick

There probably were lads of 13yrs and a trumpeter would probably have to wait until there was a vacancy to get the rank.

Strangely one of my sisters is a Davis by marriage. I haven't gone through the whole list but there would also have been some wives present though of course not in the charge itself. I wonder if his mum was there. A bit like Pike's mum "Don't forget to wear your scarf". The wives were chosen on the seniority of their husband or their maturity. A pretty young wife of a private would get left behind.
See this about another Patrick:
http://www.aboutscotland.com/theroyalscots/histdriscoll.html

The women were more greatly feared than the enemy.

David