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British Command

Great Britain · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1855Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1855

James Simpson28 June 1855

Sevastopol · Warfare / Crimean War

Succeeds Raglan in command of the British army.

William John Codrington11 November 1855

Crimea · Warfare / Crimean War

Succeeds James Simpson as commander of the British army in Crimea after the fall of southern Sevastopol.

Names involved

James SimpsonWilliam John Codrington

Provenance

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