Charles Ashe Windham

Sir Charles Ash Windham, Crimean War

Sir Charles Ashe Windham (b. 10 Oct. 1810 at Felbrigg, Norfolk, England - d. 2 Feb. 1870 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States) was a military officer who became famous in the Battle of the Great Redan during the Crimean War. He became known as the "Hero of the Redan".

Legacy

• namesake of the vessel "Hero of the Redan"
• The Redan public house on Thorpe Road in Norwich was originally named The Hero of the Redan

References

• Canadian Biography On Line - Chales Ash Windham
•  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Windham, Charles Ash". Dictionary of National Biography 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 
• Charles Ashe Windham: A Norfolk Soldier (1810-1870) by H.O. Mansfield. 1973
• Obituary Windham - The Illustrated London News, Volume 56
• The Crimean diary and letters of Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham, K.C.B.: with observations upon his services during the Indian mutiny, and an introduction by Sir William Howard Russell ; the whole edited by Hugh Pease (1897)