The Light Brigade

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Crimean_War
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson
military honors and awards
gptkbp:celebrates memorials and monuments
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Lord_Cardigan
gptkbp:culturalImpact depicted in films and books
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1854
gptkbp:disbanded present
gptkbp:engagements Battle of Balaclava
gptkbp:engagesIn Battle of Balaclava
gptkbp:famous_for Charge at Balaclava
gptkbp:famousFor courage under fire
strategic blunders
heroic but disastrous charge
gptkbp:featuredIn poem_'The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade'
gptkbp:formed 1854
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:historical_analysis debated by historians
examined in military studies
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Victorian Era
gptkbp:historicalSignificance symbol of bravery and folly
The Charge of the Light Brigade poem
reports and accounts of the charge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Light Brigade
gptkbp:influencedBy military tactics of the time
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tchernaya
gptkb:Battle_of_Kars
gptkb:Battle_of_Sevastopol
gptkb:Battle_of_Eupatoria
Battle of Balaclava
Battle of Inkerman
Battle of Tchernaya
Battle of the Alma
Battle of the Great Redan
Battle_of_the_Causeway_Heights
siege_of_Sevastopol
gptkbp:legacy inspired literature and art
gptkbp:location gptkb:Balaclava
gptkbp:motto “Theirs not to make reply”
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Inkerman
gptkbp:notableEvent Charge of the Light Brigade
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Lord_Lucan
Captain_Nolan
Major_General_Sir_James_Brudenell
gptkbp:numberOfTeams approximately 670
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:result heavy casualties
gptkbp:type cavalry
gptkbp:uniform red tunics and plumed helmets
gptkbp:yearEstablished present