One was also awarded for the same action to Robert Jones ( VC ), born at Clytha between Abergavenny and Raglan.

Katharine was almost certainly arrested at Raglan Castle immediately after the Battle of Stoke Field in June 1487 and John was executed in 1491, both on the orders of Henry VII.

* Efnisien appeared prominently in the 2003 film Otherworld, in which he was voiced by Welsh actor Alun Raglan.

The ridge Lord Raglan had so dramatically made his own was now swarming with red-coated troops.

The Russian retreat became a rout and Lord Raglan sought permission to pursue the Russians, but General St. Arnaud decided this was impossible for his French troops had left their packs at their start points across the river and would have to go back for them before further advances.

Raglan was unwilling to pursue the enemy without French support and the broken Russian army was able to escape unmolested.

Cardigan's commanding officer, Lord Lucan, had been recalled in disgrace — largely brought about by the determination of the commander-in-chief, Lord Raglan, to displace blame from himself — and arrived in England only two weeks after his subordinate but, as the officer who had " looked on " ( a pun on his name much exploited by Cardigan ) while the charge had taken place, little regard was given to his version of events.

Raglan was inclined to agree, arguing that he had always been disposed to such an operation ; he knew, too, that the problem of re-supply would be eased with the seizing of the southern ports on the Chersonese Peninsula.

By the 26th, however, Raglan had reached the village of Kadikoi, and was able to look down on the narrow inlet of Balaclava.

The decision by Raglan was a bad mistake, and one for which the British Army was to pay a terrible price.

It was only now that Raglan ordered the British 1st Division under the Duke of Cambridge, and Cathcart's 4th Division, to move into the plain.

There was no evidence that the Turks formed up alongside the Highlanders were wavering, but Raglan thought they were, or might soon do so.

All three armies would soon be reinforced: the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, the Duke of Newcastle, promised Raglan that the 3rd, 62nd, and 90th Regiments, would be despatched to the Crimea with a third battery train ; Canrobert, meanwhile, was promised an additional three divisions of infantry from France.

The Raglan area has been inhabited for at least 800 years and was originally known by Māori as Whangaroa “ the long pursuit ”.

The current name of Raglan was adopted in 1858 in honour of Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, who was the commander of British forces in the Crimean War at the time.

The local Raglan economy was supported initially by flax and timber exports, these were followed by farming and dairy which are still the mainstays of the area.

When no longer required for defence purposes, part of the land, a block, was not returned to the owners but became the public Raglan golf course.

Issues of performance in the Crimean War, especially disastrous lack of due provision for operations during the Russian winter of 1854 brought about the Board's demise in 1855. also the reference to Lord Raglan # Notable staff | below. As a result of enquiries made into the breakdown of transport and hospital arrangements during the first winter of the war, the Board of Ordnance, which had been in existence for four hundred years, was abolished, and the Artillery together with the Royal Engineers came directly under the Commander-in-Chief and the War Office like the rest of the Army.

Within a short drive of Newport are golf clubs at St Mellons, Dewstow, Shirenewton, St Pierre, Greenmeadow, Woodlake, Alice Springs, Pontypool and Raglan.

But Allied hesitation, first from the French commander-in-chief, Saint-Arnaud, then by Lord Raglan, allowed the dispirited Russians to escape the battlefield in relative order, allowing Menshikov and his army to reach Sevastopol, reorganise and rebuild their morale.

At one point, on 25 September near MacKenzie's Farm, Raglan and his staff in front of the British column stumbled across the rear of the retreating Russians ; with the rest of his army strung out behind in hopeless disorder, Menshikov missed a chance to inflict a major reverse on the British.

The army commander, Lord Raglan, issued an order for the Light Brigade to attack there before the guns could be taken away by the Russians.

Canrobert had been informed of the Russian attack at about 07: 30, and had immediately ridden off to join Raglan.

Sze Yup | See Yup Temple off Raglan Street

The Gas Company, which was formed in 1862, was the work of Henry Courtis, a man who had supplied gas to Castlemaine, Ballarat and other towns ; nothing now remains of the gas works except the tiny cottage of the manager off Raglan Street towards the hospital.

Raglan could not now risk using his infantry divisions in any attempt to move Liprandi's forces from the Causeway Heights.

Raglan, meanwhile, had taken up his position on the Sapouné Heights, 650 feet (~ 200 m ) above the plain.

Raglan on the Sapouné Heights had a grandstand view, as did William Russell who wrote furiously in his notebook:

Unwilling at this point to risk his cavalry without infantry support ( as he had done throughout the whole campaign ), Raglan issued his first order to the Cavalry Division at 08: 00 – " Cavalry to take ground to the left of the second line of redoubts occupied by the Turks ".

Lucan believed he had complied with the order as far as he could until the infantry arrived, but Raglan looked on with growing impatience at his immobile cavalry.

Charles, almost stunned by the suddenness of the catastrophe, dismissed his nephew from all his offices and ordered him to leave England, and for almost the last time called upon Goring to rejoin the main army, if a tiny force of raw infantry and disheartened cavalry can be so called, in the neighbourhood of Raglan.

Lestat doesn't bother re-reading the short story ; if he had, he might have anticipated Raglan James ' final trick.

Lord Raglan had wanted a better view of the proceedings and followed by his staff had ridden past the French skirmishers on the left of Prince Napoleon's division and through the Russian skirmishers facing them.

In these circumstances the word of an officer regarding his fitness to serve would normally be accepted, but Raglan permitted his departure only after a medical board had confirmed his claimed disability.

However, this position committed the British to the defence of the right flank of the Allied siege operations, for which Raglan had insufficient troops.

When Raglan told Cathcart that nothing would happen until the Allied siege trains had been landed, Cathcart could not hide his irritation, " Land the siege trains!

Raglan had at first thought the Russian advance a feint, possibly designed to occupy him whilst the enemy stormed out of Sevastopol to attack his army overlooking the heights above the city ; but now he saw that he had been wrong.

Raglan wished his cavalry to advance immediately, but the ambiguity of the order had again resulted in a misunderstanding.

" But as they thought over what had occurred, the recriminations between Raglan, Lucan, and Cardigan had already begun.

Raglan Castle was still held by Henry, then an elderly man, supported by his son, Lord Herbert.

The former 16th and 17th-century gardens of Raglan Castle are still visible in the form of several long terraces to the north of the castle, overlooking the lower ground beyond.

Invalided home with a letter of recommendation from Lord Raglan, written five days before his own death, he left the Royal Navy to join the British Army, becoming a cornet ( without purchase ) in the 13th Light Dragoons and reporting to their depot with his arm still in a sling ; He had only £ 250 a year in private income, rather than the £ 400 needed, and was soon in debt.