![]() Using his status as one of the few survivors of the 600, Nunnerley found himself in great demand due to his willingness to talk about his experience, giving after dinner speeches and being feted by local dignitaries and royalty alike. Moving to Ormskirk after his discharge in 1857, Nunnerley became a drill sergeant - then set up a men’s outfitters shop on Moor Street.īut never one for a quiet life, he was still hungry for fame in Ormskirk and marketed himself extensively as a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade. The scandal shocked the world and prompted poet Alfred Lord Tennyson to immortalise the sheer bravery of the British cavalry in the face of adversity in a poem penned only six weeks later, entitled, ‘ The Charge of the Light Brigade.’Īfterwards, Nunnerley was promoted to the rank of sergeant and received the Crimea medal with Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps among other accolades. Sgt Major James Ikin Nunnerley (Image: .uk) In less than half an hour, 113 men died,247 were gravely injured and four hundred and 75 horses were killed. The disastrous event saw the British launching an ill-advised frontal attack against Russian forces at the Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854, during the Crimean War, a brutal conflict which took place between 18.Ī miscommunication which came from on high, led to the disastrous decision to send more than 600 British light brigade cavalry riding headlong into heavy Russian artillery. READ MORE: Ormskirk benches 'ruined by skaters' within days of being installed ![]() ![]() James Ikin Nunnerley, originally from Warrington, was just a draper’s apprentice before he signed up to the 17th Lancers in 1847.īut he ended up being one of the few survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade, one of the most notorious blunders in British military history. An Ormskirk man who was catapulted to fame as a survivor of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade is being commemorated in an exhibition.
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