Battle of Rorke's Drift day after the battle an improvised gallows was used "for hanging Zulus who were supposed to have behaved treacherously". Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift, seven of them to soldiers of the 2nd/24th Foot – the most ever received for a single action by one regiment (although not, as commonly thought, the most awarded in a single action or the most in a day: sixteen were awarded for actions at the Battle of Inkerman, on 5 November 1854; twenty-eight were awarded as a result of the Second Relief of Lucknow, 14–22 November 1857). Four Distinguished
Battle of Bomarsund captivity. In the Treaty of Paris 1856, the entire Åland Islands were demilitarized, which is a status that has been preserved until this day. The Bomarsund Bridge connects Bomarsund to the Prästö island. In addition to Charles Davis Lucas several other Victoria Crosses were awarded in the Baltic Theater during the Crimean War. Other VC recipients for action in the Baltic Sea: Battle of Bomarsund The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force attacked a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at