LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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This list aims to show all members of the five regiments of the Light Cavalry brigade known to have embarked for active service in the Crimean War between 1854 and 1856 — more than 3000 men. Of these, between 600 and 700 were in the Charge on 25th October 1854. 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.

NB For the moment, only the records for the 13th Light Dragoons are fully accessible to read online. If you are interested in a man from one of the other regiments, please contact the editors.

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Waddington	Private	Henry	1494	8th Hussars
Wade	Private	William	847	8th Hussars
Waghorne	Sergeant	William	1337	8th Hussars
Waight	Private	Charles	1257	4th Light Dragoons
Wainhouse	Private	Thomas	1009	13th Light Dragoons
Waite	Private	John	1653	4th Light Dragoons
Waits	Private	Richard	1750	13th Light Dragoons
Wakelin	Private	Henry	1526	11th Hussars
Walduck	Private	Richard	1187	17th Lancers
Walker	Private	Robert	829	8th Hussars
Walker	Private	Samuel	688	8th Hussars
Walker	Private	William	1621	11th Hussars
Walker	Private	James	1109	17th Lancers
Walker	Private	John	1221	4th Light Dragoons
Walker	Private	John	1864	4th Light Dragoons
Walker	Private	Joseph	1496	13th Light Dragoons
Waller	Private	Frederick	1035	17th Lancers
Wallis	Private	Frederick	1023	17th Lancers
Wallis	Private	John	752	4th Light Dragoons
Walls	Private	William	1186	8th Hussars
Walmesley	Private	Thomas Henry	1254	11th Hussars	Died 6.10.54 at Scutari. Never reached Crimea.
Walpole	Private	Edwin	1131	11th Hussars
Walpole	Private	William	1820	13th Light Dragoons
Walsh	Private	Richard	1009	8th Hussars
Walsh	Private	Samuel	960	8th Hussars
Walsh	Private	James	1687	11th Hussars
Walsh, Welsh	Private	John	1426	8th Hussars
Walshe	Private	Francis	1293	4th Light Dragoons
Walters	Private	William	694	8th Hussars
Ward	Private	David	1080	11th Hussars
Ward	Private	John	956	17th Lancers
Ward	Private	John	1678	4th Light Dragoons
Ward	Private	Samuel	1022	4th Light Dragoons
Ward	Private	Arthur	1744	13th Light Dragoons
Ward	Sergeant	George	1166	13th Light Dragoons
Ward	Private	James	1357	13th Light Dragoons
Ward	Private	Joseph	1584	8th Hussars
Ward	Private	Thomas	752	8th Hussars
Ward	Sergeant	William	517	8th Hussars
Wardle, Wardell	Private	William	1276	17th Lancers
Wardman	Private	Joshua	1499	8th Hussars
Wareham	Private	William	938	11th Hussars
Waring	Private	Charles	1173	17th Lancers
Warnes	Private	Seranas	1208	11th Hussars
Warr	Private	Thomas	1481	11th Hussars
Warr	Private	James	1614	4th Light Dragoons
Warren	Private	Charles, Christopher	1515	13th Light Dragoons
Warren	Private	Henry	1368	17th Lancers
Washington	Private	George	1730	4th Light Dragoons
Waterer	Private	Charles	1228	8th Hussars
Waters	Private	William	812	13th Light Dragoons
Waterson	TSM	William	1215	4th Light Dragoons
Watkins	Private	Joseph	1459	11th Hussars
Watkins	Private	Charles	1504	13th Light Dragoons
Watkins	Private	John	1577	13th Light Dragoons
Watkinson	Private	James	1035	13th Light Dragoons
Watlen	Private	William	1442	13th Light Dragoons
Watling	Private	Robert	1568	4th Light Dragoons
Watson	Private	George	1506	11th Hussars
Watson	Private	James	1413	13th Light Dragoons
Watson	Private	John	1414	13th Light Dragoons
Watson	Private	Charles	872	17th Lancers
Watson	Private	James	1184	17th Lancers
Watson	Captain	William		17th Lancers
Watson	Private	Isaac	1632	4th Light Dragoons
Watson	Private	James	1468	4th Light Dragoons
Watson	Sergeant	William	1241	4th Light Dragoons
Watson	Arm Sergeant	John	433	8th Hussars
Watters	Corporal	Richard	1123	8th Hussars
Watts	Private	James	1153	17th Lancers
Watts	Private	John	1506	4th Light Dragoons
Watts	Private	Percival	1740	13th Light Dragoons
Weatherley	Corporal	George	673	17th Lancers
Weatherley	Lt	Frederick		4th Light Dragoons
Webb	Private	Richard	1791	13th Light Dragoons
Webb	Captain	Augustus		17th Lancers
Webb	Corporal	Robert	1293	17th Lancers
Webb	Private	William	1242	17th Lancers
Webb	Private	William	1919	4th Light Dragoons
Webster	Private	Matthew	1694	13th Light Dragoons
Webster	Private	James	902	17th Lancers
Webster	Private	Caleb	1515	8th Hussars
Webster	Private	John	1531	8th Hussars
Weedon	Private	Charles	1794	11th Hussars
Weedon	Private	John	1150	17th Lancers
Welch	Private	William	1423	4th Light Dragoons
Weller	Private	Henry	1832	13th Light Dragoons
Wells	Private	John	1559	11th Hussars
Wells	Private	George	1233	17th Lancers
Wells	Private	James	1239	17th Lancers
Wells	Private	Joseph	1473	8th Hussars
West	Private	George	1746	11th Hussars
Westall	Private	George	1665	11th Hussars
Westcombe	Private	Henry	1620	11th Hussars
Weston	TSM	John	715	13th Light Dragoons
Wharton	Private	William	1463	13th Light Dragoons
Whealan	Private	John	750	8th Hussars
Wheeler	Private	George	1449	11th Hussars
Wheeler	Private	Robert	1454	11th Hussars
Wheeler	Private	Frederick	1040	4th Light Dragoons
Wheelhouse	Private	Samuel	643	13th Light Dragoons
Whelan	Private	Michael	1321	13th Light Dragoons
Whelan	Private	John	741	8th Hussars
Whitaker	Private	Joseph	1517	8th Hussars
Whitby	Private	James	1508	4th Light Dragoons
Whitby	Private	Joseph	1493	4th Light Dragoons
White	Private	George	1420	11th Hussars
White	Private	James	1628	11th Hussars
White	Private	John	1866	11th Hussars
White	Private	George	1199	17th Lancers
White	Captain	Robert		17th Lancers
White	Private	William	1112	17th Lancers
White	Corporal	Alfred	1645	4th Light Dragoons
White	Private	Charles	1532	4th Light Dragoons
White	Private	John	1666	4th Light Dragoons
White	Private	William	1705	4th Light Dragoons
White	Private	Morris	1231	13th Light Dragoons
White	Private	Thomas	975	13th Light Dragoons
White	Asst Surgeon	C.		8th Hussars
White	Private	John	1011	8th Hussars
Whitechurch	Private	James	855	8th Hussars
Whitehead	Private	James	1561	4th Light Dragoons
Whitehead	Private	John	1289	4th Light Dragoons
Whitehouse	Private	John	830	8th Hussars
Whitehurst	Private	John	788	17th Lancers
Whiting	Private	William	1594	13th Light Dragoons
Whittaker	Private	George	1403	17th Lancers
Whitworth	Private	Samuel	1363	4th Light Dragoons
Whyte	Private	Charles	981	8th Hussars
Wickens / Wackens / Wickins / Wiggins	Private	Charles	1559	13th Light Dragoons
Wickham	Private	Henry	1499	13th Light Dragoons
Wiffen	Private	James	1659	11th Hussars
Wiffen	Private	William	1707	11th Hussars
Wightman	Private	James	1177	17th Lancers
Wigley	Private	William	1784	11th Hussars
Wigley	Private	David	1248	17th Lancers
Wilcox	Private	Edward	1202	11th Hussars
Wild	Sergeant	Joseph	839	17th Lancers
Wild	Private	Charles	1583	4th Light Dragoons
Wilde	Private	George	1119	13th Light Dragoons
Wilder	Private	Anthony	1445	11th Hussars
Wilder	Private	Leonard	1516	11th Hussars
Wilding	Private	Richard	1717	13th Light Dragoons
Wilkin	Asst Surgeon	Henry		11th Hussars
Wilkinson	Private	William	1885	4th Light Dragoons
Willett	Maj	Augustus		17th Lancers
Willett	Private	John	693	8th Hussars
Williams	Corporal	James	663	11th Hussars
Williams	Private	Thomas	1479	11th Hussars
Williams	Private	William	1571	11th Hussars
Williams	Private	William	1660	4th Light Dragoons
Williams	Private	George	1348	13th Light Dragoons
Williams	Private	James	1785	13th Light Dragoons
Williams	Private	John	1399	13th Light Dragoons
Williams	Private	Thomas	879	13th Light Dragoons
Williams	Sergeant	Richard	750	17th Lancers
Williams	Private	Edward	919	8th Hussars
Williams	Private	Robert	732	8th Hussars
Williams	RSM	Samuel	420	8th Hussars
Williams	Sergeant	William	804	8th Hussars
Williamson [alias of Oliver James Johnston, Johnstone]	Private	James	1609	11th Hussars
Williamson	Sergeant	William	1122	11th Hussars
Williamson	Private	Richard	1407	4th Light Dragoons
Willsher	Private	Henry	1599	13th Light Dragoons
Wilmot	Private	William	1162	13th Light Dragoons
Wilsden, Wilsdon	Private	Henry	1361	4th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Corporal	Charles	1802	11th Hussars
Wilson	Private	John	1741	11th Hussars
Wilson	Private	Peter	1379	11th Hussars
Wilson	Private	James	1844	4th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	James	1855	4th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	William	1276	4th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	Edward	1587	13th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	George	1553	13th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	James	1669	13th Light Dragoons
Wilson	Private	John	1017	17th Lancers
Wilson	Private	John	1518	17th Lancers
Wilson	Private	Hendry	1514	8th Hussars
Wilson	Private	Samuel	911	8th Hussars
Wilson	Trmptr	William	1204	8th Hussars
Wiltshire	Private	John	1158	8th Hussars
Wimsett	Private	Richard	961	13th Light Dragoons
Winnan	Private	Thomas	1427	4th Light Dragoons
Winstanley	Lieutenant	William		4th Light Dragoons
Winter	Captain	John		17th Lancers
Wishart	Private	John	1782	13th Light Dragoons
Withers [real name of 1516, John Brooks, 13th Light Dragoons]
Wohlman	Private	Charles	1526	4th Light Dragoons
Wollard / Woolard	Private	James	1247	17th Lancers
Wombwell	Cornet	George		17th Lancers
Wood	Private	John	1522	4th Light Dragoons
Wood	Trmptr	William	1765	4th Light Dragoons
Wood	Cornet	Henry		13th Light Dragoons
Wood	Private	James	1834	13th Light Dragoons
Wood	Private	William	1190	13th Light Dragoons
Wooden	Sergeant	Charles	799	17th Lancers
Woodgett	Private	William	1534	4th Light Dragoons
Woodham	Private	Edward	1355	11th Hussars
Woodham	Private	Frederick	1723	4th Light Dragoons
Woodman	Private	Phillip	1498	13th Light Dragoons
Woodruffe	Private	George	1042	4th Light Dragoons
Woodward	Private	Thomas	1251	8th Hussars
Woolead	Private	George	1500	13th Light Dragoons
Wooley	Private	Edward	1244	17th Lancers
Wootton	Private	George	1533	11th Hussars
Worley	Private	John	1528	13th Light Dragoons
Wormald	Private	John	1510	8th Hussars
Worthington	Private	George	1730	4th Light Dragoons
Woxen	Private	John	903	13th Light Dragoons
Wray	Private	John	1554	4th Light Dragoons
Wren, Wrenn	Private	Henry	1336	17th Lancers
Wright	Private	Joel	1872	11th Hussars
Wright	Private	Thomas, George	1625	11th Hussars
Wright	Private	Edmund	1458	13th Light Dragoons
Wright	Private	Thomas	1097	17th Lancers
Wrigley	Private	Constantine	496	17th Lancers
Wrixen	Private	Westrop	1747	13th Light Dragoons
Wroots	Private	Thomas	1235	11th Hussars
Wyatt	Private	Caleb	1295	17th Lancers
Wynne	Private	Peter	1387	13th Light Dragoons

Arrived after 9 September 1855

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Welch	Private	John	1959	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, discharged 22.10.57
Whitehead	Private	Mark	1830	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, to 7H 1.8.57
Whitmore	Private	Charles	1795	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55. To MT 1.11.56 [?]
Winstanley	Lieutenant	William		4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 31.8.55.
Wood	Private	Phillip	1719	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55. To 3DG 1.3.57 Brighton
Wade	Private	George	1561	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55. DCH purchase 22.11.56 [?]
Waite	Private	Frederick	1736	8th Hussars	From England 15.1155.
Wall	Private	Henry	1704	8th Hussars	From England 15.11.55. Died in Regimental Hospital same day [mng?].
Warburton	Private	Thomas	1795	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55
Webster	Cornet	Peter		8th Hussars	From England 27.9.55.
Williams	Private	Charles	1661	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Williams	Private	William	1871	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55. To 3DG 1.3.57 at Brighton.
Wilson	Private	John	1554	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wiseman	Private	John	1659	8th Hussars	From England 15.11.55.
Whittingham	Private	James	1332	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wilcox	Private	Samuel	1636	8th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wilkinson	Private	Zeno [?]	1776	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55.
Wood	Private	James	1714	8th Hussars	From England 20.11.55.
Wood	Private	John	1656	8th Hussars	From England 15.11.55.
Woolston	Private	William	1733	8th Hussars	From England 15.11.55.
Woulde	Private	John	1580	8th Hussars	Aboard "Gt Britain", 2nd muster 1855. Brigade Clerk late 1855/56
Waddington	Private	James	1720	11th Hussars	Poss? No arrival date in Crimea?
Waters	Private	John	1903	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Watkinson	Private	Frederick	1663	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Whitelaw	Private	Robert	1955	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wilkie	Private	Henry	1948	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55. DC invalided at Chatham 11.12.56.
Willis	Private	Henry	1962	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wilson	Private	John	1814	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55. Batman to Lieut. King.
Windus	Private	Alex	1891	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Winton	Private	Robert	1977	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Wakeman	Private	Charles	1949	13th Light Dragoons	At Scutari 3.12.55.
Walder	Private	Thomas	1727	13th Light Dragoons	At Scutari 20.11.55.
Wrixon	Private	Henry	2027	13th Light Dragoons	At Balaklava 27.9.55. Not on medal rolls.