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 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

Backshall, Bagshaw	Private	James	1581	4th Light Dragoons
Bacon (enlisted as "John Baker")	Private	John	828	17th Lancers
Baker (enlisted as "William Baker")	Private	William	846	11th Hussars
Badger	Private	George	1545	13th Light Dragoons
Bagshaw, Backshall	Private	James	1581	4th Light Dragoons
Bailes	Private	Henry	1122	13th Light Dragoons
Bailey, Bayley	Private	John	1441	8th Hussars
Bailey	Private	John	1376	13th Light Dragoons
Bailey	Private	William	1568	13th Light Dragoons
Bailey	Private	William	1373	17th Lancers
Bainbridge	Private	John	1737	11th Hussars	DBM
Baines, Baynes	Private	George	1622	4th Light Dragoons
Baines, Baynes	Private	Henry	1029	11th Hussars	DBM
Bainton	Private	William	830	13th Light Dragoons
Baker	Private	Frederick	1194	17th Lancers
Baker	Cornet	James		8th Hussars
Baker	Sergeant	John	888	4th Light Dragoons
Baker	Private	John	1638	4th Light Dragoons
Baker	Private	John	1511	8th Hussars
Baker	Private	John	828	17th Lancers
Baker	Private	William	846	11th Hussars	DBM
Baker (alias of Bacon)	Private	William	749	17th Lancers
Balch	Private	Richard	1371	17th Lancers
Baldwin	Private	James	1221	17th Lancers
Baldwin	Sergeant	William	1289	17th Lancers
Ball	Private	Thomas	1509	13th Light Dragoons
Ballam	Private	Charles	1811	13th Light Dragoons
Ballam	Private	Samuel	1650	13th Light Dragoons
Ballard	Private	Thomas	1677	13th Light Dragoons
Ballies	Private	Alexander	1407	13th Light Dragoons
Balme	Private	George	1049	4th Light Dragoons
Bambrick	Private	John	1465	11th Hussars	DBM
Bancroft	Private	Richard	1739	4th Light Dragoons
Banks	Private	Edward	1635	13th Light Dragoons
Banks	Private	Joseph	1311	17th Lancers
Bannister	Private	George	1836	4th Light Dragoons
Bannister	Private	Richard	1573	13th Light Dragoons
Barber	Farrier	John	1298	11th Hussars	DBM
Barber	Lieutenant	Henry		17th Lancers
Barber	Private	Joseph	1792	4th Light Dragoons
Barber	Private	James	1545	8th Hussars
Baring	Cornet	Henry		17th Lancers
Barker	TSM	William	655	17th Lancers
Barker	Private	William	983	17th Lancers
Barnes	Private	James	1312	17th Lancers
Barnes	Trmptr	Edward	1236	4th Light Dragoons
Barnes	Private	John	1775	4th Light Dragoons
Barnes	Private	Richard	2020	4th Light Dragoons
Barnes	Private	George	1424	8th Hussars
Barnett	Private	Edward	1385	17th Lancers
Barrass	Private	James	801	11th Hussars	DBM
Barratt	Private	Christopher	1032	8th Hussars
Barringer	Private	Robert	1518	8th Hussars
Barry	Private	John	1144	8th Hussars
Barter	Private	James	1085	8th Hussars
Bartlett	Private	George	1650	11th Hussars	DBM
Barwick	Private	Abraham	1501	11th Hussars	DBM
Baskerville	Private	John	967	17th Lancers
Bassett	Corporal	William	1027	11th Hussars	DBM
Batchelor	Private	John	1871	11th Hussars	DBM
Bates	Private	James	959	11th Hussars	DBM
Bates	Private	John	2060	4th Light Dragoons
Baxter	Private	John	1518	11th Hussars	DBM
Bayley	Private	Walter	1612	4th Light Dragoons
Baylis	Private	James	1272	4th Light Dragoons
Baylis, Bayliss	Private	John	1362	4th Light Dragoons
Baynes, Baines	Private	George	1622	4th Light Dragoons
Baynes, Baines	Private	Henry	1029	11th Hussars	DBM
Beadon	Private	George	1564	13th Light Dragoons
Beard	Private	George	1116	4th Light Dragoons
Bearder	Private	Edward	1028	17th Lancers
Beasley	Private	Edward	1786	4th Light Dragoons
Beattie	Private	Thomas	1611	11th Hussars	DBM
Beck	Corporal	Thomas	1378	11th Hussars	DBM
Beckett	Private	William	1329	17th Lancers
Beckett	Private	John	585	8th Hussars
Beckett	Private	Bartholomew	766	8th Hussars
Beckey	Corporal	John	1612	13th Light Dragoons
Bedford	Private	William	1789	13th Light Dragoons
Beeson	Private	Benjamin	1570	11th Hussars	DBM
Beetham, Beettam	Private	William	898	17th Lancers
Belcher	Private	William	1476	4th Light Dragoons
Belfield	Private	Joseph	1582	11th Hussars	DBM
Belk	Private	Joseph	1912	4th Light Dragoons
Bell	Private	John	1876	11th Hussars	DBM
Bell	Private	James H.	1486	4th Light Dragoons
Bellion	Private	Peter	1689	13th Light Dragoons
Belward	Private	George	1706	11th Hussars	DBM
Bennett	Corporal	William	970	11th Hussars	DBM
Bennett	Private	Edward	1588	13th Light Dragoons
Bennett	Private	Henry	1061	17th Lancers
Bennington	Private	Stephen	839	11th Hussars	DBM
Bensley	Corporal	James	1689	11th Hussars	DBM
Benson	Maj	Henry		17th Lancers
Bentley	Sergeant	William	863	11th Hussars	DBM
Bentley	Private	Charles	1574	11th Hussars	DBM
Bentley	Private	Thomas	1806	11th Hussars	DBM
Bentley	Private	John	1490	13th Light Dragoons
Benzorski, Berezowski	Private	Michael	1634	13th Light Dragoons
Berkleman, Berckleman	Private	Arthur	871	17th Lancers
Berry	Private	John	1682	8th Hussars
Berry	Private	John	1306	11th Hussars	DBM
Berryman	Sergeant	John	735	17th Lancers
Bessell	Private	John	1558	17th Lancers
Best	Private	James	1613	13th Light Dragoons
Best	Private	Walter	1201	4th Light Dragoons
Bevan	Private	David	1783	4th Light Dragoons
Bevil	Private	John	723	8th Hussars
Bevin	Private	John	1060	8th Hussars
Bickerton	Private	Charles	1761	11th Hussars	DBM
Bide	Private	Joseph	1400	13th Light Dragoons
Biggs	Private	John	887	4th Light Dragoons
Biggs	Private	William	1556	13th Light Dragoons
Bignell	Private	Alfred	1250	17th Lancers
Bigwood	Private	Henry	1642	13th Light Dragoons
Billinghurst	Private	William	1829	13th Light Dragoons
Billington	Private	Joseph	1405	17th Lancers
Bingham	Private	John	1412	11th Hussars	DBM
Birch	Private	James	1565	4th Light Dragoons
Bird	Private	William	1209	8th Hussars
Bishop	Corporal	William Henry	1261	4th Light Dragoons
Bishop	Private	Edward	1759	13th Light Dragoons
Bissell	Private	William	1760	11th Hussars	DBM
Black	Private	John	1863	13th Light Dragoons
Black	Private	David	522	17th Lancers
Blackburn	Private	William	1251	8th Hussars
Blackett	Private	Thomas	1426	13th Light Dragoons
Blackwell	Private	Battye, Batty	1237	13th Light Dragoons
Blades	Private	John	395	8th Hussars
Blake	Private	William	1530	4th Light Dragoons
Blake	Private	William	1669	4th Light Dragoons
Blake	Private	William	1721	13th Light Dragoons
Blamiers	Arm Sergeant	Thomas	1560	13th Light Dragoons
Bland	Private	Thomas	1072	17th Lancers
Blanthorn	Private	Benjamin	1408	4th Light Dragoons
Blissett	Private	Edward	1430	11th Hussars	DBM
Blood	Private	William	1247	8th Hussars
Bloomfield	Private	James	484	17th Lancers
Blower	Private	George	1550	13th Light Dragoons
Blunden	Corporal	Trevor	2181	4th Light Dragoons
Blyth	Private	William	1588	4th Light Dragoons
Bodhill	Private	John	1559	8th Hussars
Bogg	Private	John	1904	13th Light Dragoons
Boggis	Private	Frederick	1783	13th Light Dragoons
Bolt, Bott	Private	William	1860	13th Light Dragoons
Bolton	Private	James	868	4th Light Dragoons
Bond	Sergeant	Seth	1091	11th Hussars	DBM
Bond	Private	Henry	1478	11th Hussars	DBM
Bone	Private	Henry	1420	13th Light Dragoons
Bonis	Private	George	1352	13th Light Dragoons
Boocock	Private	Edward	1541	8th Hussars
Boocock	Private	Samuel	1817	13th Light Dragoons
Booth	Private	James	1682	4th Light Dragoons
Booth	Private	William	1350	8th Hussars
Bourbel / de Bourbel	Lieutenant	Harold Henri (or Henry)		4Light Dragoons
Boreham	Private	George	1549	4th Light Dragoons
Boreham	Private	Thomas	1548	13th Light Dragoons
Boulter	Private	Henry	1788	4th Light Dragoons
Boulton	Private	Henry	1479	17th Lancers
Bourke	Corporal	John	1414	4th Light Dragoons
Boville	Private	Benjamin	1402	17th Lancers
Bow	Private	Thomas	1245	11th Hussars	DBM
Bow	Private	John	1039	17th Lancers
Bowden	Private	Joseph	1781	4th Light Dragoons
Bown	Private	James	869	17th Lancers
Bowen	Private	John	957	17th Lancers
Bowen	Private	William	933	8th Hussars
Bowen	Private	George	965	8th Hussars
Bowhill	Private	John	1035	4th Light Dragoons
Bowler	Private	Frederick	1103	17th Lancers
Bowler	Private	Michael	1322	4th Light Dragoons
Bowler	Private	John	1267	8th Hussars
Bown	Private	James	869	17th Lancers
Boxall	Private	John	1550	4th Light Dragoons
Boyce	Private	William	1816	4th Light Dragoons
Boyd	Trmptr	Michael	1321	11th Hussars	DBM
Boyd	Private	Isaac	1894	4th Light Dragoons
Boylen	Private	Thomas	1699	13th Light Dragoons
Boynton	Cornet	George		17th Lancers
Bradley	Private	Edward	1532	4th Light Dragoons
Bradley	Private	James	1690	13th Light Dragoons
Brady	Private	Thomas	1368	13th Light Dragoons
Braithwaite	Sergeant	Edmund	1355	13th Light Dragoons
Bray	Private	Francis	511	8th Hussars
Breeds	Private	Henry	1606	13th Light Dragoons
Breeze, Breese	Sergeant	John	1102	11th Hussars	DBM
Brennan	Private	James	1251	13th Light Dragoons
Brennan	Private	James	636	17th Lancers
Brennan	Private	Patrick	1012	17th Lancers
Brennan	Private	Michael	852	8th Hussars
Brennan	Private	James	889	8th Hussars
Brewer	Private	Alfred	1289	11th Hussars	DBM
Brewington	Private	John	1510	4th Light Dragoons
Bridge	Private	Walter	1888	13th Light Dragoons
Bridgeman	Private	James	1220	17th Lancers
Brien	Sergeant	William	572	8th Hussars
Brierley	Private	Henry	1797	4th Light Dragoons
Briers	Private	Daniel	1539	11th Hussars	DBM
Briggs	Private	Robert	1473	11th Hussars	DBM
Briggs	Private	Samuel	1941	4th Light Dragoons
Briggs	Private	James	1074	13th Light Dragoons
Brittain	Trmptr	William	726	17th Lancers
Brocksop	Private	William	1396	8th Hussars
Brooke, Brookes	Private	William	1595	4th Light Dragoons
Brookes, Brooks	Private	Charles	1508	13th Light Dragoons
Brooks [alias of John Withers]	Private	John	1516	13th Light Dragoons
Brooks	Private	Joseph	830	17th Lancers
Brooks	Private	Walter	747	17th Lancers
Broom	Private	George	486	17th Lancers
Broomfield	Private	William	1045	8th Hussars
Broughton	Private	William	1565	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	Alfred	1426	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	F-Sergeant	Ebenezer	358	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	Enoch	1456	4th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	Frederick	1246	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	George	1775	13th Light Dragoons
Brown	Captain	George		4th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	Gilbert	1300	8th Hussars
Brown	Private	Henry	1168	13th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	Henry	1418	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	James	1842	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	James	1806	13th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	John	1415	4th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	John	887	8th Hussars
Brown	Private	John	1790	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	John	455	17th Lancers
Brown	Trmptr	John	476	17th Lancers
Brown	Trmptr	John	926	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	John	1388	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	Joseph	1492	13th Light Dragoons
Brown	Private	Peter	862	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	Richard	1153	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	Robert	894	17th Lancers
Brown	Private	Serenas, Charles	1231	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	Thomas	1834	11th Hussars	DBM
Brown	Private	Thomas	714	17th Lancers
Browne	Captain	Charles		4th Light Dragoons
Bruce	Private	John	1022	13th Light Dragoons
Brudenell, Lord Cardigan	Maj Gen	James		Brigade staff
Bruges	ORC	William	1378	4th Light Dragoons
Brunning	Private	William	1770	13th Light Dragoons
Brunton	Private	Joseph	1176	11th Hussars	DBM
Bryan	Private	Peter	636	4th Light Dragoons
Bryan	Private	James	1293	13th Light Dragoons
Bryant	Private	Charles	1557	13th Light Dragoons
Bubb	Private	Robert	1588	11th Hussars	DBM
Buck	Private	James	1160	17th Lancers
Bucket	Private	Richard	1947	13th Light Dragoons
Buckingham	Private	James	1285	17th Lancers
Buckley	Private	William Wright	1614	8th Hussars
Buckton	Corporal	John	1413	11th Hussars	DBM
Budd	Private	Walter	1778	13th Light Dragoons
Bull	Private	Thomas	879	8th Hussars
Bull	SM	George	1037	11th Hussars	DBM
Bullock	Private	John	864	17th Lancers
Bulmer	Private	Thomas	1711	11th Hussars	DBM
Bunce	Private	Frederick	1419	11th Hussars	DBM
Bunn	Private	William	995	11th Hussars	DBM
Bunn	Private	Richard	1036	4th Light Dragoons
Bunyard	Private	Alfred	1535	11th Hussars	DBM
Burford	Private	James	1587	4th Light Dragoons
Burgess	Private	Henry	1232	11th Hussars	DBM
Burgess	Private	Alexander	1840	11th Hussars	DBM
Burke	Private	Patrick	1771	4th Light Dragoons
Burke	Private	Edward	1266	13th Light Dragoons
Burke	Private	Matthew	360	8th Hussars
Burling	Private	John	1256	11th Hussars	DBM
Burnand	Cornet	Arthur		17th Lancers
Burnett	Private	Samuel	1441	4th Light Dragoons
Burnett	Private	James	1577	4th Light Dragoons
Burns	Private	William	796	17th Lancers
Burrows	Private	Henry	1486	8th Hussars
Bursnoll	Private	William	1752	13th Light Dragoons
Burton	Private	John	1579	8th Hussars
Burton	Private	John	624	11th Hussars	DBM
Burton	Private	William	1529	11th Hussars	DBM
Bury	Private	Philip	1452	11th Hussars	DBM
Bushell	Private	James	1893	4th Light Dragoons
Bushell	Private	William	1051	13th Light Dragoons
Bushman	Corporal	Joseph	1013	17th Lancers
Buswell	Private	Thomas	1243	4th Light Dragoons
Butcher	Private	George	1749	13th Light Dragoons
Butler	Private	George	1379	17th Lancers
Butler	Private	William	840	17th Lancers
Butler	Sergeant	Thomas	1318	4th Light Dragoons
Butler	Private	William	1452	4th Light Dragoons
Butterworth	Corporal	Joseph	1169	8th Hussars
Byles	Private	Henry	1735	13th Light Dragoons
Byrne	Vet Surgeon	John		4th Light Dragoons
Byrne	Private	Charles	1481	13th Light Dragoons
Byrne	Private	John	925	8th Hussars
Byrne	Private	Thomas	1033	8th Hussars
Byrne, Byrnes	Private	John	1029	8th Hussars

Arrived after 9 September 1855

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Baker	Private	John	1372	4th Light Dragoons	Not on Roy's list. Add? Delete?
Balcomb	Private	William	1908	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55, poss not Crimea?
Bamber	Private	William	1902	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Bancroft	Private	William	2057	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, to 17L 1.9.57
Bannister	Private	Jonathan	1883	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55 "from England"
Barlow	Private	Joseph	1709	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Barnett	Private	David	1854	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Baylis	Private	William	1713	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Bennett	Private	William	1627	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 20.7.55, fr. SQ [?] 1.11.55, to 17L 1.9.57
Benson	Private	Marshall	1846	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55 from England
Best	Private	Charles	2186	4th Light Dragoons	Transferred from 5DG 9.10.55.
Blackburn	Private	John	1917	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Blease	Private	Peter	2025	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 1.10.55.
Blyth	Private	Walter/William	1588	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 10.9.54 aboard ship
Blything	Private	James	1848	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Bradbury	Private	John	1890	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55 from England
Brook	Private	Martin	1700	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 20.7.55.
Brooks	Private	James	2007	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55 from England
Buckingham	Private	Thomas	1721	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 20.7.55.
Bailey	Private	John	1624	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Beck	Private	Joseph	1735	8th Hussars	From England 15.11.55
Bell	Private	William	1334	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Blakely	Private	William Henry	1693	8th Hussars	From England [date?]
Bradley	Private	Jonathan	1446	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Branchley	Private	Henry	1331	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55
Broughton	Private	William	1612	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55
Brown	Private	George	1590	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55
Brown	Private	James	1773	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55.
Brown	Private	Thomas	1309	8th Hussars	From England 28 9.55. To 2DG 31.12.56.
Burling	Private	Baizahia [sic?]	1692	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Burns	Private	James	1472	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Bussell	Private	Thomas	1477	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 20.11.55, to 2DG 31.12.56.
Beckett	Private	Richard	1809	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Beckley	Private	Moses	1888	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Bentley	Private	Charles	1806	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Bishton	Private	Valentine	1924	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Boyde	Private	James Henry	1908	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Bramwell	Private	Ralph	2078	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55. To 7H 10.8.57
Brevitt	Private	William	2025	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55. To 7H 10.8.57
Brewster	Private	Henry	1957	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Brooke	Cornet	R.A.		11th Hussars	From England 27.12.55.
Butler	Private	William	2102	11th Hussars	From England 27.12.55. Batman to Cornet Brooke.
Bogg	Private	John	1904	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55.
Bogg	Private	William	1637	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55.
Bucket	Private	Richard	1947	13th Light Dragoons	At Scutari 20.11.55.
Babcock	Private	Henry	1866	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 7.1.56.
Bacon	Private	Thomas	1551	17th Lancers	From ship to Gen Hosp Balaklava 27.9.55.
Baker	Private	Joseph	1524	17th Lancers	Ex.16th Lancers 31.8.55 with Cornet Marshall. Eventually from Scutari 25.12.55.
Baker	Private	William	1491	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 19.6.55. At Scutari Inv 24.8.55. Never in Crimea.
Barnes	Private	Frederick	1554	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Barnes	Private	James	1312	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55. To Scutari 25.10.55. Died 20.11.55.
Barnes	Private	William	1315	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55. To RE [?] 31.1.57.
Battle	Private	John	1658	17th Lancers	Shown on musters in Crimea date [?] 1855. To 12th Lancers 21.2.56 (later 21st Hussars) LSGC [?]
Bliss	Private	Albin	1375	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Bolton	Private	John	1543	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55. Discharged 23.2.57 Dublin.
Booth	Private	John	1307	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Bradford	Private	Williamm	1503	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Brown	Private	Edward Henry	1502	17th Lancers	Prisoner DCM [mng?] 12.9.55. Unclear if reached Crimea.
Bunkhall	Private	Henry	1335	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Burchall	Private	James	1438	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Burley	Private	Robert	1349	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.