Major General James Brudenell,
Was the Earl of Cardigan, I’ve heard tell,
That led the Charge of The Light Brigade,
Valiant soldiers that got no aid
From Lucan, Cardigans brother-in-law,
Who’d hated him from 30 odd years before.
So the major-general charged in and he didn’t look back,
To see how many men fell at the Russian attack,
The Hussars, the Lancers and Light Dragoons,
Many fell in that charge, so inopportune.
Killed or missing, 156,
Because of the actions of lunatics…

Following is the bugle call sounded on that fateful day by Trumpeter Landfrey, one of the buglers at the charge of the Light Brigade, sounded on a bugle used for that charge.

http://youtu.be/i3-hEt8rGXs