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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°34'20"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
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Sebastopol Alma Redan
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The photograph above has been digitally enhanced to show details more clearly.
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Major A.F. Welsford
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Captain W.B.C.A. Parker
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Photographed on 20 October 2003
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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
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Inkerman Balaklava Tchernaya
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Photographed on 28 November 2002
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Photographed on 28 November 2002
Dates of major Crimean War Battles
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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)
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OS means Old Style (Russian calendar)
NS means New Style (British calendar)
In the 1850s these two calendars were twelve days apart.
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Siege of Sevastopol (Sebastopol) October 1854 to September 1855
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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 21 March 1908.
This postcard can now be dated as having been printed before 1908.
Links to Relevant Websites
Welsford-Parker Monument
http://www.mikecampbell.net/welsfordparker.htm
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Crimean War FAQ Crimean War Research Society
http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/CWFAQ.html
Crimean War FAQ by Scott Gutzke
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/faq.html
Crimean War 1853-1856 by Todd F. Mills
http://www.regiments.org/milhist/wars/19thcent/53crimea.htm
Crimean War 1853-1856, overview by Charles Francis Atkinson
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/crimware.htm
Crimean War, overview narrative by Marjie Bloy, National University of Singapore
http://65.107.211.206/history/crimea/narrov.html
Crimean War a series of articles on aspects of the Crimean War
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/6247
Crimean War Hillsdale College's collection of primary sources for military history
http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/War/19Crim.htm
The Middlesex Regiment in the Crimean War
http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/crim.htm
Crimean Texts by David Kelsey
Transcripts of contemporary documents of the Crimean War, from
The Times 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
Incompetence and Glory: The Crimean War
http://www.batteryb.com/Crimean_War/index.html
Battle of Alma 8 September 1854 (OS), 20 September 1854 (NS)
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/alma/alma.htm
Battle of Alma by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards
http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/War/19e/Crimea/A/1854-Guards.htm
Chaos at Balaclava by Christopher Hibbert
http://65.107.211.206/history/crimea/chaos.html
Battle of Balaklava 13 October 1854 (OS); 25 October 1854 (NS)
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/balaklava/balabat.htm
Battle of Inkerman 24 October 1854 (OS); 5 November 1854 (NS)
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/inkerman/inkerman.htm
Newspaper account of the Battle of Inkerman New York Times, November 1854
http://65.107.211.206/history/crimea/inkerman.html
Siege of Sevastopol October 1854 to September 1855
http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/war/sevastopol/sevast.htm
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Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html
Halifax war memorial The Cenotaph, Grand Parade
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hfxwarmem.html
Old Burying Ground plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/oldburygnd.html
Fort Massey Cemetery Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/fortmasseycem.html
Military Engineers Alderney Landing, Dartmouth
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alderneylanding.html
Deadman's Island Northwest Arm, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/deadmansnd.html
Sailor's Statue, Sackville Landing Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/sailor-statue.html
Norwegian memorial, Sackville Landing Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/norwayhfx.html
Shannon vs. Chesapeake plaque, 1813 Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/shannon.html
Admiral Walter Hose plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/admwhose.html
Sir William Alexander monument Victoria Park, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alexwill.html
Sir John Wentworth plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/wentworthj.html
Alexander Keith monument Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/keithal.html
John Taylor Wood tombstone Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/woodtaylor.html
Vincent Coleman tombstone Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/colemanpv.html
Memorial, Unidentified Dead, Halifax Explosion 1917 Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/unidentified1917.html
Postal Service in Nova Scotia Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/postservns.html
Go To: Index to other online Nova Scotia History
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Added Canadian Illustrated News: 2004 April 05
Added Pleasant Street postcard: 2004 May 18
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New photographs installed: 2005 September 11
Latest content update: 2006 May 24