Historical Figures

Who are the characters in charge of light brigade?

Lord Cardigan

* Commander of the Light Brigade

* Led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava

Captain Nolan

* Led the Light Brigade's charge at the Battle of Balaclava

* Was killed during the charge

Lord Lucan

* Commander of the cavalry division that included the Light Brigade

* Ordered the Light Brigade to charge at the Russian guns

General George Cathcart

* Commanded the 4th Division of the British army at the Battle of Balaclava

* Was killed during the charge of the Light Brigade

Florence Nightingale

* A British nurse who tended to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War

* Helped to improve sanitary conditions in military hospitals