LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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PB NOTE (7 August 2018): For the moment, only the records for men of the 13th Light Dragoons (and a few others) are fully accessible to read online - their surnames in the list below Troop Sergeant Major function as links.

Subsets of information — chiefly about the death, burial and memorialisation of men of the 11th Hussars — are currently being uploaded. These can be viewed by following the "DBM" links in the right hand column.

If you can add or correct information (or have additional photographs, documents etc), or you are interested in a man from one of the other regiments, please contact the editors of the EJBA, Philip Boys and Roy Mills.

This list aims to show all members of the five regiments of the Light Cavalry brigade (4th Light Dragoons, 8th Hussars, 11th Hussars, 13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers) who embarked for active service in the Crimean War between 1854 and 1856 — more than 3000 men. The exact number who rode in the Charge on 25th October 1854 is still a subject of debate, but probably fewer than 700.

Men who arrived after the fall of Sebastopol on 9 September 1855, who (with some exceptions) were therefore not entitled to the Crimean War Medal, are listed separately below. Men who died or were invalided home before reaching the Crimea are shown in the main list.

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Abbott	Private	James	1626	11th Hussars	DBM
Abraham	Private	John	1114	4th Light Dragoons
Adair	Private	Alexander	1851	11th Hussars	DBM
Adams	Private	Albert	1464	13th Light Dragoons
Adams	Private	Henry	1604	4th Light Dragoons
Adams	Private	James	789	17th Lancers
Adams	Private	James	1076	8th Hussars
Adams	Private	Joshua	899	8th Hussars
Adams	Private	Thomas	1635	4th Light Dragoons
Adams	Private	William	1203	11th Hussars	DBM
Addis	Private	Ebenezer	1576	4th Light Dragoons
Adlington	Lieutenant	Henry		4th Light Dragoons
Aikhead / Aiked	Private	Frederick	1343	8th Hussars
Ainsworth	Private	John	1907	11th Hussars	DBM
Alder	Private	Joseph	1701	13th Light Dragoons
Alderson	Sergeant	Henry	1177	13th Light Dragoons
Aldous	Private	Charles	1064	17th Lancers
Alexander	Private	Joseph	989	17th Lancers
Allcock	Private	Philip	1096	11th Hussars	DBM
Allee	Private	John	1589	13th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	Charles	1843	13th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	George	1872	13th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	James	1652	11th Hussars	DBM
Allen	Corporal	John	1199	13th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	John	1343	13th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	John	1751	4th Light Dragoons
Allen	Private	Thomas	807	17th Lancers
Allison	Private	Miles	1523	17th Lancers
Alliston	Private	Richard	1443	4th Light Dragoons
Alliston, Allistone	Private	Thomas	1128	11th Hussars	DBM
Allsop, Allsopp	Private	John / Richard	1790	4th Light Dragoons
Allured	Private	Charles	1340	11th Hussars	DBM
Allwood	Private	Job	1534	13th Light Dragoons
Ames	Private	Charles	1818	13th Light Dragoons
Ancell	Asst Surgeon	Malcolm		11th Hussars	DBM
Anderson	Private	George	1738	11th Hussars	DBM
Anderson	Surgeon	George		8th Hussars
Anderson	Private	James	1566	11th Hussars	DBM
Anderson	Private	John	1703	11th Hussars	DBM
Anderson	Sergeant	John	1455	4th Light Dragoons
Anderson	Private	Robert	1250	4th Light Dragoons
Anderson	QM	Thomas	[orig 665]	13th Light Dragoons
Andrews	Private	Charles	1258	17th Lancers
Andrews	Private	David	1444	11th Hussars	DBM
Andrews	Private	Francis	929	17th Lancers
Andrews	Private	Francis	1093	17th Lancers
Andrews	Private	George	1672	13th Light Dragoons
Andrews	Private	Henry	998	17th Lancers
Andrews	Corporal	James	1447	11th Hussars	DBM
Andrews	Corporal	John	1262	4th Light Dragoons
Andrews	Private	John	516	17th Lancers
Andrews	Private	Lewis	746	13th Light Dragoons
Andrews	Private	William	1028	11th Hussars
Andrews	Private	William	1272	17th Lancers
Andrews	Private	William	1389	8th Hussars
Annesley	Cornet	Arthur		11th Hussars	DBM
Annesley	Lieutenant	Robert		11th Hussars	DBM
Anthony	Prob Vet Surgeon	Paul		11th Hussars	DBM
Applebee	Private	Walter	1691	13th Light Dragoons
Appleby	Private	William	1837	13th Light Dragoons
Appleton	Corporal	Charles	1390	8th Hussars
Appleton	Corporal	Henry	1830	13th Light Dragoons
Archer	HSM	George	707	11th Hussars	DBM
Armes	Private	Thomas	1535	4th Light Dragoons
Armishaw	Private	William	1570	13th Light Dragoons
Armstrong	Private	John	1048	8th Hussars
Armstrong	Corporal	Joseph	1292	4th Light Dragoons
Armstrong	Assistant Surgeon	Lancelot		13th Light Dragoons
Armstrong	Private	William	878	17th Lancers
Ash	Private	Henry	1121	11th Hussars	DBM
Ashby	Private	Joseph	1789	13th Light Dragoons
Ashford	Corporal	Thomas	1464	4th Light Dragoons
Ashley	Private	William	1323	4th Light Dragoons
Ashton	Private	Henry	1598	4th Light Dragoons
Ashton	Private	Robert	828	11th Hussars	DBM
Ashton	Private	Robert	1308	11th Hussars	DBM
Aspinall	Private	James	1776	13th Light Dragoons
Athaway	Private	William	1597	13th Light Dragoons
Atkinson	Private	James	1723	11th Hussars	DBM
Atkinson	Private	Mark	614	13th Light Dragoons
Attwater	Private	Edward	1914	13th Light Dragoons
Audin	Private	James	1375	13th Light Dragoons
Austin	Private	St Peter	1767	11th Hussars	DBM
Avison	Farrier-Major	Charles	644	11th Hussars	DBM
Aylett	Private	Watson	1191	17th Lancers

Arrived after 9 September 1855

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Aked	Private	John	2066	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55. To 7H.
Anderson	Sergeant	John	1351	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 25.5.55. [PB: Date? Did he reach Crimea?]
Allcot	Private	James	1778	8th Hussars	To service troops, Joined the regiment 20.11.55, to MT 31.1.57?
Allcot	Private	James (Samuel)	1778	8th Hussars	To service troops 19.10.55, Joined the regiment 20.11.55, to MT 31.1.57 [mng?].
Armitage	Private	James	1304	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Ashworth	Private	Charles	1449	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55, DC 24.11.56 [=discharge?]
Astill	Private	William	1703	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55 [check].
Ackey	Private	William	1947	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55[?]. To 8H 13.9.57.
Adams	Private	William	1862	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55?
Almond	Private	Robert	1785	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55?
Andrews	Private	George	1672	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55. To 18H 28.2.58.
Attwater	Private	Edward	1914	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55.
Adcock	Private	Frederick	1571	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 1.11.55.
Ashworth	Private	Richard	1493	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 21.11.55. To 12th Lancers 21.2.56?
Attwell	Private	Richard	1398	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 21.9.55. To 12th Lancers 21.2.56?
Allcock	Private	Samuel	1212	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 3.9.55.
Allerton	Private	John	1662	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 29.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. Ex.16th Lancers 31.8.55. To 2DG 31.12.56.
Allerton	Private	William	1345	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 29.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. To 12L.
Allison	Private	John	1701	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 14.11.55. Ex.16L.
Ausbrooke	Private	Chas	1464	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.