The song is about a British Cavalry charge during the Crimean war, AKA the Charge of the Light Brigade (which also happens to be a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson). info on this can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade
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The song is about a British Cavalry charge during the Crimean war, AKA the Charge of the Light Brigade (which also happens to be a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson). info on this can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade :)