Newcastle is a large city in northeastern England, roughly 300 miles from London but only 100 miles south of Edinburgh.

Balaklava, now incorporated into Sevastopol, is the site of the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, memorialized by Tennyson as the epitome of heroic failure during the Crimean War.

Wembley is an area in Northwest London and is part of the London Borough of Brent, forming part of Greater London. The name Wembley is taken from the old English for meadow or clearing.

Highgate Cemetary is a burial place in northern London. A number of famous literary and historical figures are buried here, including Karl Marx, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal.

Empire Stadium, the original Wembley Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley Park, London. It was first opened in 1923 and was built by Sir Robert McAlpine for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924.

The Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, situated on the Boulevard de Ménilmontant, is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris.

The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton, was originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great exhibition in 1851. After the exhibition, the palace was relocated to South London and rebuilt on Sydenham Hill.

Delhi is a city and union territory of India, bordered by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In 1857, Delhi was the seat of the Mughal empire. In 1911, it was announced that capital of territories held by the British was to be transferred from Calcutta to Delhi.