Born in Liverpool c.1829.
Enlisted at Liverpool on the 29th of January 1847.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Smith.
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Robert Luzzell [sic], 22, Private, unmarried, born Liverpool.
Killed in action at Balaclava.
1520 William Cullen refers to him as "having, on the return to the English lines, seen him lying wounded, with several Cossacks murdering him. Although his heart was good, he could do nothing to help him."
He reported this to Lord Cardigan, who sent a message to the Russian Commander, General Liprandi, under a flag of truce (taken by Trumpet-Major Joy) to know why this was allowed. His answer was that "he would be answerable for his own troops but not for the Cossacks, who were not paid, but were so employed to plunder and destroy all they possibly could."
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Killed in action at Balaclava.
1520 William Cullen refers to him as "having, on the return to the English lines, seen him lying wounded, with several Cossacks murdering him. Although his heart was good, he could do nothing to help him."
He reported this to Lord Cardigan, who sent a message to the Russian Commander, General Liprandi, under a flag of truce (taken by Trumpet-Major Joy) to know why this was allowed. His answer was that "he would be answerable for his own troops but not for the Cossacks, who were not paid, but were so employed to plunder and destroy all they possibly could."
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.