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September and was followed by those of Balaklava and Inkerman and 
the siege of the fortress of Sebastopol through the winter of 1854 to 
the 9th September, 1855. During this period an enormous force of 
Artillery served both in the field and trenches and, as in the case of the 
wars early in the century I find it possible only to mention a few of those 
many officers who did credit to the uniform of Plate XX. 
Before reaching the Crimea the British Army had first landed at 
Varna in Bulgaria where the Royal Artillery was/commanded by (Sir) 
William Cator (No. 1134) who had served at Walcheren and in the 
Peninsula. When he was invalided home in Sepfember, 1854, Thomas 
Fox Strangways (No. 1365) was appointed to succeed him, he will be 
remembered as decorated at Leipzig by the Crown Prince of Sweden 
for the services rendered there by the Rocket Brigade ; General Strang¬ 
ways was killed at Inkerman and was succeeded in the command of the 
Royal Artillery by (Sir) Richard J. Dacres (No. 1668) who retained 
command until peace was declared and lived to become Constable of 
the Tower of London and a Field Marshal, there is an excellent por¬ 
trait, in oils, of him in the Royal Artillery mess, Woolwich, while of 
General Strangways a charming photo-process portrait hangs in the 
Reading room of the Royal Artillery Institution. 
Early in the Crimea campaign the command of the Siege Train be¬ 
came the most important Artillery Command and it was held at various 
times by Thomas P. Flude (No. 1655), Noel T. Lake (No. 1690), (Sir) 
John E. Dupuis (No. 1714) and (Sir) John St. George (No. 1746). 
In January, 1856, the Victoria Cross for rewarding individual acts 
of bravery in the field by officers or men was instituted by Royal 
Warrant; its application was made retrospective to include services in 
the Crimea ; among those selected for this distinction, the Royal Artill¬ 
ery claimed a large share; the first nkme thus honoured in “ Kane’s 
List” is that of (Sir) Collingwood Dickson (No. 1874) who served 
through the campaign from Bulgaria to the siege; others who then 
received the Victoria Cross were M. C. Dixon (No. 1929), Gronow Davis 
(No. 2176), Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson and Gunner Thomas Arthur 
At the date with which the “History of the Dress of the Royal Artill¬ 
ery ” closed, viz. the Jubilee year 1897, many officers who had served in 
the Crimea were occupying posts of distinction, they were (Sir) Michael 
A. Biddulph (No. 2010) Black Rod, (Sir) Edwin Markham (No. 2292), 
Director-General of Ordnance, (Sir) Robert Biddulph (No. 2365) Gov¬ 
ernor of Gibraltar, Henry le G. Geary (No. 2438) Commanding the 
Belfast District. , „ 
Of officers still living in 1897, retired or unemployed, who had served 
in the Crimea,* there were (Sir) John M. Adye (No. 1891) who was 
Brigade Major and then Assistant-Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery 
through the campaign, (Sir) Charles d’Aguilar (No. 1911), (Sir) William 
J. Williams (No. 2136), (Sir) Charles W. Arbuthnot (No. 2020), since 
deceased, (Sir) William Stirling (No. 2366), Albert H. W. Williams (No. 
* Besides those mentioned in this and in the previous paragraph, sixty-five Arti'lery Officers (many of 
them distinguished also) who had served in the Crimea were known to be living in 1^97— Secretary, K.A.I. 
