The Charge of the Light Brigade: a small collection of ephemera, comprising an account of

The Charge of the Light Brigade: a small collection of ephemera, comprising an account of subscriptions to the Survivors Banquet of 1875, two sheets with printed headers, signed below by subscribers, together with the sums of money donated, some signed by name, others such as "A Friend", or "one that was present", and "an admirer of gallantry"; together with a copy of the will of Private Thomas Roberts, 11th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge and died in Wednesbury in 1882, signed in his own hand; an MS list of subsribers to pay the expenses of Roberts's funeral, including Corporal John Kilvert, a fellow charger who also retired to Wednesbury; a letter written by John Kilvert from his Wednesbury residence 'Balaclava House', thanking an aquaintance for his birthday greetings; and other items. [qty]