Born in Howden, Yorkshire, c.1827.
Enlisted at Market Weighton on the 14th of May 1846.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Labourer.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Robert Levett, 24, Private, born Howden, Yorks.
Killed in action at Balaclava.
Lieutenant Alexander Dunn, 11th Hussars, tried to rescue Levett by disarming a Russian hussar who was attacking him, but was unsuccessful. Dunn was later awarded the VC for this action.
Next of kin: Wife, Sarah Levett, living in Howden, Yorkshire.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
Lummis and Wynn show him as also entitled to that for Inkerman, but this could not have been so.
Killed in action at Balaclava.
Lieutenant Alexander Dunn, 11th Hussars, tried to rescue Levett by disarming a Russian hussar who was attacking him, but was unsuccessful. Dunn was later awarded the VC for this action.
Next of kin: Wife, Sarah Levett, living in Howden, Yorkshire.
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.