Strelets – 902 – Heavy Brigade

Description:

Heavy Brigade

Unpainted plastic soldiers in 1/72 scale depicting the British Heavy Brigade during the Crimean War.

The British Heavy Brigade in Crimea was composed of elements from Dragoons and Dragoons Guards, from regiments such the Scot Greys, Irish Guard Dragoons or the Inniskilling 6th Dragoons (plus others).

A Strelets big box for the Crimean War, which included two already released boxes at the time Strelets – 023 – Crimean War British Heavy Dragoons and Strelets – 030 – Crimean War Scots Greys plus 38 new figures, 24 of them mounted for a total of 62 figures, all individual 62 poses.

The already releases boxes were enough to cover both Dragoons and Heavy Dragoons but this set expand the options by adding 10 different figures to each, pretty much done in the same style than the original releases.

The remaining figures, 17, belongs all to officers or especial figures, 4 mounted and all the rest on foot. Several recognizable personalities are depicted here as follows:

• Major General Sir Henry John William Bentinck (1796-1878) – Commanded the Guards Brigade.
• Major General George Buller (1802-1884) – Commanded the second brigade of the Light (3rd) Division.
• Major General Henry Barnard (1798-1857) – Brigade commander and later Chief of Staff to General Simpson.
• General Sir James Simpson (1792-1868), Commander of the British Army in 1855 after Raglan’s death.
• Major General Charles Ashe Windham (1810-1870).
• Major General James Bucknall Estcourt (1802-1855).
• Lieutenant General Sir George Brown (1790-1865).
• Major-General Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863) – Commander of the Highland Brigade, known for the thin red line at Balaclava.
• Lieutenant Colonel Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (1823-1902) – Grenadier Guards.
• Captain Halford – Belonged to the 5th Dragoon Guards.
• Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898) – Engineer.
• Cantinière – Represents a French Army lady helping soldiers, holding a riding crop.
• Roger Fenton (1819-1869) – Known for extensive photography during the Crimean War.