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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
The E.J. Boys Archive

Amended 9.5.11

1420, Private Henry BONE — 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

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1841 Census

Whitehall Street, Aylesbury.

Henry, 44, a plumber, and his wife Jane.

Six children shown including 8-year-old Henry.

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Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 6th of December 1851.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Servant.

Service, discharge & pension

Sent to Scutari on the 1st of October 1854.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol.

Death & burial

Died, "on board ship", on the 31st of January 1855.

References & acknowledgements

Census information for 1841 kindly provided by Chris Poole.


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