Photographs of
Welsford-Parker Monument
Crimean War 1853 – 1856
A rare pre-Confederation war memorial
Officially unveiled 17 July 1860
Old Burying Ground Halifax Nova Scotia
Located on the west side of Barrington Street, south of Spring Garden Road
GPS location: 44°38’37″N 63°34’21″W
Crimean war memorial monument
Photographed on 13 May 2005
Crimean war memorial monument
Photographed on 20 October 2003
Crimean war memorial monument
Photographed on 13 May 2005
Inscription: upper east face
Sebastopol Alma Redan
The photograph above has been digitally enhanced to show details more clearly.
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Major A.F. Welsford
Captain W.B.C.A. Parker
Photographed on 20 October 2003
The village of Welsford, a small community in New Brunswick along Route 7,
halfway between Saint John and Fredericton, was named in memory of
Major A.F. Welsford of the British 97th Regiment, who was killed on
8th September 1855 in the storming of the Redan at Sebastopol.
Source: http://www.unb.ca/nbmhp/02_NBMHPsites.htm
Crimean war memorial monument, looking northeast
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Crimean war memorial monument, west face
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Inscription: west face
Inkerman Balaklava Tchernaya
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Dates of major Crimean War Battles
Alma — 8 September 1854 (OS), 20 September 1854 (NS)
Balaklava — 13 October 1854 (OS), 25 October 1854 (NS)
Inkerman — 24 October 1854 (OS), 5 November 1854 (NS)
Tchernaya — 13 August 1855 (OS), 25 August 1855 (NS)
First attack on the Great Redan – 18 June 1855 (NS)
Second attack on the Great Redan – 8 September 1855 (NS)
OS means Old Style (Russian calendar)
NS means New Style (British calendar)
In the 1850s these two calendars were twelve days apart.
Siege of Sevastopol (Sebastopol) October 1854 to September 1855
Map: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Source: http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/index2.htm
Crimean War Monument, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Source: Canadian Illustrated News, 29 April 1871
Reproduced from the National Library of Canada’s website
http:www.nlc-bnc.ca/
Crimean War Monument, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Through the 1800s and into the early 1900s, Barrington Street as we now know it had
four names, Pleasant Street (the south end), Barrington Street, Lockman Street and
Campbell Road (the north end). About 1920 it was all changed to Barrington Street.
Before the name change, Pleasant Street was the section south from Spring Garden Road.
Used postcards usually can be dated by the postmark. Unused postcards, like this one, are more difficult to date. Various details of the postcard’s design can be used to narrow the possible date of any particular postcard. This postcard has a divided back (a line printed down the middle to separate the address space from the message space). Divided-back postcards appeared in 1902 in England, 1904 in France, 1905 in Germany, and 1907 in the United States. Cards before these dates have undivided backs.
This postcard probably was printed after 1902 and before 1920.
It was published by Valentine & Sons Publishing Company Limited.
[Above written 30 April 2004]
[Written 18 May 2004]: Another of these postcards – found in La Pocatiere, Quebec – is now known to exist. It was postmarked from Darmouth, Nova Scotia, on 21March 1908. This postcard can now be dated as having been printed before 1908.
Welsford-Parker Monument
http://www.mikecampbell.net/welsfordparker.htm
Crimean War Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
Crimean War FAQ by Scott Gutzke, Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/faq.html
Incompetence and Glory: The Crimean War Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/index.html
The Sea War Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/crimea_sea.html
The Crimean War: “Britain in Blunderland” (Part 1)
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/blunder.html
The Crimean War: “Britain in Blunderland” (Part 2)
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/blunder2.html
Chaos at Balaclava by Christopher Hibbert
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/chaos.html
The Great Storm: 14 November 1854 by Christopher Hibbert
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/storm.html
The Crimean War: comment on attitudes in Britain
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/attitude.html
Chronology of the Crimean War
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/chron.html
Chronology of the Crimean War (source) Battery B, 4th US Light Cavalry
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/chrono_crimea.html
The Battle of the Alma by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/alma.html
The March to the Alma by Christopher Hibbert
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/march.html
The Battle of Inkerman by Sergeant Turner, RMLI
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/inkerman2.html
The Battle of Inkerman New York Times, 5 November 1854
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/inkerman.html
The Siege of Sebastopol New York Times, 17 November 1854
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/siege.html
The Siege of Balaclava Captain Colin Campbell to Francis Russell
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/balasiege.html
The Siege of Balaclava Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Sterling, Highland Division
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/balasiege2.html
Voice from the Ranks: Sevastopol, the Final Bombardment
Sergeant Timothy Gowing, Royal Fusiliers
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/gowing/final.html
Dissent among the British staff in the Crimea by Christopher Hibbert
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/dissent.html
General Order after the Fall of Sebastapol: Prince Gortschakoff
New York Times, 19 October 1855
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/genorder.html
The Crimean War: “Britain in Blunderland” (Part 1)
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/blunder.html
The Crimean War: “Britain in Blunderland” (Part 2)
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/blunder2.html
Chaos at Balaclava by Christopher Hibbert
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/chaos.html
The Great Storm: 14 November 1854 by Christopher Hibbert
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/storm.html
The Crimean War: comment on attitudes in Britain
by Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/attitude.html
Chronology of the Crimean War
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/chron.html
Chronology of the Crimean War (source) Battery B, 4th US Light Cavalry
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/chrono_crimea.html
The Battle of the Alma by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/alma.html
The March to the Alma by Christopher Hibbert
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/march.html
The Battle of Inkerman by Sergeant Turner, RMLI
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/inkerman2.html
The Battle of Inkerman New York Times, 5 November 1854
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/inkerman.html
The Siege of Sebastopol New York Times, 17 November 1854
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/siege.html
The Siege of Balaclava Captain Colin Campbell to Francis Russell
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/balasiege.html
The Siege of Balaclava Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Sterling, Highland Division
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/balasiege2.html
Voice from the Ranks: Sevastopol, the Final Bombardment
Sergeant Timothy Gowing, Royal Fusiliers
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/gowing/final.html
Dissent among the British staff in the Crimea by Christopher Hibbert
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/dissent.html
General Order after the Fall of Sebastapol: Prince Gortschakoff
New York Times, 19 October 1855
http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/victorianweb/history/crimea/genorder.html
Crimean War, overview narrative, by Marjie Bloy, National University of Singapore
http://65.107.211.206/history/crimea/narrov.html
Crimean War 1853-1856 overview, by Charles Francis Atkinson
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/crimware.htm
Crimean War 1853-1856, by Todd F. Mills
http://www.regiments.org/milhist/wars/19thcent/53crimea.htm
Crimean War FAQ, by the Crimean War Research Society
http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/CWFAQ.html
The Middlesex Regiment in the Crimean War
http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/crim.htm
Crimean Texts by Tom Muir for the Crimean War Research Society
Transcripts of contemporary documents of the Crimean War, from
TheTimes newspaper (reports, articles, letters), Hansard, and other
sources. For the most part they are concerned with the Battle of Balaclava…
http://www.crimeantexts.org.uk/index.html
