trenches during the unsuccessful attack on the Redan on 18 June, which he did not command. On 5 July 1855, he was rewarded with a grant of £100 p.a. and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and on 30 July 1855, was given the local rank of brigadier general in Turkey. As a result, he gave over command of the Rangers to Lt-Col. G. V. Maxwell on 14 August to take command of the 2nd Brigade, Light Division. Though ill aboard ship, he quickly returned to the front when he heard of the plans for another attack on the Redan, and was with the Light Division at the Battle of the Great Redan on 8 September. During the attack, a round shot hit the parapet of the trench directly in front of him and blasted his face with sand and gravel, temporarily blinding him. He did recover his sight, although his face was much battered for some time thereafter. He was again mentioned in dispatches for his service in this battle. He left the Crimea for England, on leave, in October. The town of Bury, where the regiment had been quartered in 1852, had forwarded them a large supply of warm clothing the previous winter, and Shirley presented the town with several Russian military accoutrements by way of a trophy. The armistice of February 1856 supervened before he could return from leave, and the Crimean War ended. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour for his services in the campaign, and also received the Order of the Medjidie (3rd Class). Postwar career and retirement Shirley was appointed a colonel on the staff in Great Britain on 8 March 1856, commanding troops in Monmouthshire and South Wales. On 8 August 1856, he received the temporary rank of major general while commanding a brigade, later antedated to 24 July 1856; this appointment was to the staff in Ireland, and he commanded five regiments at the Curragh. On 8 August 1861, after five years as a temporary major general, he received the rank of honorary major general. That year he declined an offer to command the British forces in New Zealand, and retired from active service. After leaving active service, he moved to Dorset, living at Sydling St Nicholas until 1864 and then in Puddletown. He became a substantive major general on 24 October 1862. Shirley was