Ref Number: 57
700 English soldiers on their way to the Crimea, lose their life to a cholera out break in 1854 in Varna
Ref Number: 57
This rather tragic memorial to those British troops who died chiefly of cholera in June 1854 is located in the tiny city garden near Varna National School of Arts, on the junction of “Knyaz Boris I” Blvd. and “Naiden Gerov” Str., next to the Hotel Rosslyn Dimyat.
During the Crimean War in 1854, Varna was used as a staging point, alighting and then vittling British, French, and Turkish troops before sending them on to battle the Russians in Crimea. A military-style headstone located exactly where 700 English men are said to have been billeted and then died in droves from cholera.
The role of nurses became particularly vital during this period. Florence Nightingale and her team of nurses arrived in Scutari (modern-day Istanbul) in November 1854, after the cholera outbreak. While they did not directly serve in Varna, their impact on improving conditions in Scutari indirectly influenced the situation in Varna. Nightingale’s contribution to nursing, hygiene, and sanitary conditions had a profound and lasting effect on the British military medical system and overall military health, and her efforts in the Crimean War were pivotal in highlighting the importance of trained nurses in war.
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