Gunnison Valley News | 1921-09-30 | Page 8 | Saw the Six Hundred Ride to Death

Saw the Six Hundred Ride to Death. William Richardson, a Crimean war veteran and an eye witness to t lie charge of the Light brigade at Balaklava, died here recently, aged ninety years. He, with,, seven members mem-bers of the crew of a British merchant mer-chant vessel, deserted the humdrum sailing ship at Constantinople and enlisted en-listed in the navy with the Saucy Are-ttiusa. Are-ttiusa. When the old wooden battleship battle-ship was put out of action at Sebas-topol Sebas-topol he and 55 others volunteered for land service in the Greenhill battery. bat-tery. While at headquarters he was only about twelve feet from Lord Raglan Rag-lan when lie handed an order to Captain Cap-tain Nolan, who carried the message to Lucan. who issued the order for the charge to Cardigan. St. Catharines Cath-arines correspondence Toronto Globe.