After 40 years of European peace, the Crimean War was a shock to British Society. Join Alan Gartrell on a walking tour to explore this time with the people at Abney who fought in it, nursed at Balaclava, used it to expose the chaos of government processes or were inspired to fight for Peace.

Join Alan Gartrell on 13th November to learn about the history of how we remember the war dead.

There are 154 Commonwealth War Graves in Abney Park. Alan will walk amongst them touching upon how this tradition came to be and what was done before as well as looking at the history of our war memorial

Alan Gartrell walks through Abney Park’s links with the Crimean War on the 23rd October including William Henry Pennington, Henry Richard, and Betsi Cadwalladr