"Forres - Death of a Balaclava Veteran," Inverness Courier, March 5, 1897, p. 4e, and "Funeral of a Hero at Forres," IC, March 9, 1897, p. 6f. Two obituaries on Sgt. Richard Frazer, 77 London native, 13th Light Dragoons, one of the few remaining Balaklava charge survivors, who died Feb. 25, 1897, at Forres, after a month's illness. "...was present at all the Crimean engagements, and held the medal and clasp for Sebastopol, Inkerman, Balaklava, and Alma. He told many stirring stories of the famous charge." Served in army 14 years, and then as a convict settlement warden for 20 years. Though unconnected with Forres, "it was the general desire that every mark of respect should be shown to the soldier hero, and the ceremony was the most impressive ever witnessed here." The 3rd V.B. Seaforth Highlanders (Morayshire) handled arrangements for the funeral that attracted several hundred people to the open space at front of Victoria Hotel. A band and pipers led the way to Cluny Hill Cemetery, followed by the coffin, then a riderless horse with reversed riding boots. With drums muffled, the band played "Dead March," and the pipers, "The Flowers of the Forest" and "The Land of the Leal." At the cemetery, the sergeant's coffin was lowered into the grave by six sergeants in a Church of England ceremony, with a firing party vollying thrice and pipers playing appropriate airs between. The chief mourner was a son-in-law.