On 18 June 1855, Knox volunteered for the ladder party in the attack on the Redan, an attempt to finish the Siege of Sevastopol, he was struck by a Russian cannonball, removing part of his left arm.
The original "Redan" is the 15th hole on the West Links of North Berwick.
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Redan is also a southern suburb of the regional city of Ballarat in central western Victoria, Australia.
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The Redan Inn (now The Quarterdeck) in North Berwick shared its name with the famous hole on the golf course, while there is also a Redan Inn in Chilcompton, Somerset.
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A Redan hole or Redan is an aspect of golf course architecture commonly associated with golf architect Charles B. Macdonald.
He was educated at Eton College and served in the Rifle Brigade in the Crimean War and was seriously injured at the Sebastopol Redan.
The tramway was immediately popular and it was not long before work began on the first proposed extensions which were a long southern branch line to the town of Sebastopol via Skipton Street Redan and Albert Street, and two northern branch lines to service the city's suburbs along Drummond Street North and Soldiers Hill.