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

Caffrey	Private	Robert	1035	8th Hussars
Cain, Cane	Private	Dennis	1705	13th Light Dragoons
Cain	Private	Francis	1391	13th Light Dragoons
Caine	Private	James	1366	8th Hussars
Cairnes	Private	Charles	1348	8th Hussars
Cairney	Private	John	1832	4th Light Dragoons
Calderhead	Private	James	1553	11th Hussars
Callaghan	Private	James	1444	17th Lancers
Callaghan	Private	John	1609	13th Light Dragoons
Callaghan	Private	Timothy	380	17th Lancers	Embarked but invalided to Scutari Oct 54. Home 24.1.55.
Callaghan	Private	Timothy	931	17th Lancers
Calthorpe, Gough Calthorpe	Lieutenant	Somerset		8th Hussars
Cameron	Private	James	412	13th Light Dragoons
Cammell	H Sergeant	David	904	8th Hussars
Cammell	Private	Edward	696	8th Hussars
Cammell	Private	William	1190	17th Lancers
Campbell	Private	Atcheson	1366	13th Light Dragoons
Campbell	Sergeant	Edward	1329	4th Light Dragoons
Campbell	Private	Michael	907	8th Hussars
Canning (aka "William Cory","William Henry Tyson", "William Gaston Tyson"?)	Private	Walter	1604	11th Hussars
Capon	Private	James	1538	4th Light Dragoons	Died 18.12.54 at Scutari.
Carbrey, Carberry	Private	James	1316	4th Light Dragoons
Card	Private	Stephen	1838	13th Light Dragoons
Carey	Private	Michael	1429	8th Hussars
Carey	Private	Robert	1324	17th Lancers
Carpenter	Private	James D.	1066	17th Lancers	Embarked. Sick Varna. To Scutari 1.10.54. Died 6.2.55 Scutari.
Carpenter	Private	Thomas	1993	4th Light Dragoons
Carr	Private	William	1430	4th Light Dragoons
Carroll	Corporal	John	1283	17th Lancers
Carroll	Private	Peter	1515	4th Light Dragoons
Carroll	Private	Robert	1710	11th Hussars
Cart	Private	Charles	1046	11th Hussars
Carter	Corporal	Cornelius	1708	4th Light Dragoons
Carter	Private	Eli	1158	4th Light Dragoons
Carter	Corporal	George	1431	11th Hussars
Carter	Private	Henry	1145	17th Lancers
Carter	Private	Henry	1218	17th Lancers
Carter	Private	Joseph	1494	4th Light Dragoons
Cartwright	Private	John	1501	8th Hussars
Carty	Private	Nicholas	590	17th Lancers
Catlyn	Private	Thomas	847	13th Light Dragoons
Cattermole	TSM	William	483	17th Lancers
Cave	Private	William	1025	8th Hussars
Cavendish	Private	Charles	1773	11th Hussars
Chadwick	Corporal	John	993	8th Hussars
Chadwick	Cornet	John		17th Lancers
Chadwick	Corporal	Richard	1448	13th Light Dragoons
Chamberlain	Private	William	1045	17th Lancers
Chamberlayne	Cornet	Denzil		13th Light Dragoons
Chambers	Private	Richard	1252	11th Hussars
Champion	Private	James	1194	8th Hussars
Chandler	Private	John	1307	8th Hussars
Chapman	Private	Edward	1070	17th Lancers
Chapman	Private	James	1117	17th Lancers
Chapman	Private	John	1249	8th Hussars
Chapman	Private	J.	1774	11th Hussars
Chapman	Private	Thomas	1180	17th Lancers	Died 15.8.54 in camp, Turkey.
Chapman	Private	William	1172	8th Hussars
Chapman	Private	Robert	1182	8th Hussars
Chase	Private	William	1598	13th Light Dragoons
Cheer	Sergeant	Thomas	1150	13th Light Dragoons
Cheeseman	Private	Henry	1900	13Light Dragoons
Cheshire, Chesher	Private	Charles	1429	4th Light Dragoons
Cheshire	Private	Frederick Henry	1201	8th Hussars
Chessman	Private	George	1203	8th Hussars
Chettle	Private	William	1271	11th Hussars
Chetwode	Captain	George		8th Hussars
Chick	Private	Thomas	1681	4th Light Dragoons
Chidley	Private	William	1374	17th Lancers
Chilcott	Private	James	1713	13th Light Dragoons
Christian	Private	Austin	1277	17th Lancers
Christie	Private	James	1958	4th Light Dragoons
Christie	Private	Peter	1468	8th Hussars
Clare	Private	Charles	1754	13th Light Dragoons
Clark	Private	Edward	1471	11th Hussars
Clark	Private	Henry	1395	17th Lancers
Clark	Private	Henry	1396	17th Lancers
Clark	Private	James	1107	17th Lancers
Clark	RSM	John	797	4th Light Dragoons
Clark	Private	Thomas Gibson	1113	17th Lancers
Clark	Corporal	William	1367	11th Hussars
Clarke	Private	George	1196	8th Hussars
Clarke	TSM	Michael	453	8th Hussars
Clay	Private	John	1556	8th Hussars
Clayton	Lieutenant	John		13th Light Dragoons
Clayton	Private	William	1782	4th Light Dragoons
Clear	Private	William	1701	11th Hussars
Clement	Private	Alfred	1739	11th Hussars
Clement	Private	James	1189	8th Hussars
Cleveland	Cornet	ArchibaLight Dragoons		17th Lancers
Clifford	Private	Frederick	1088	17th Lancers
Clifford	Corporal	James	1142	13th Light Dragoons
Clout	Private	George	1491	4th Light Dragoons
Clout	Trmptr	James	1514	4th Light Dragoons
Clowes	Cornet	George		8th Hussars
Clutterbuck	Lt	Daniel		8th Hussars
Coates	Private	David	1352	17th Lancers
Cockburn	Cornet	Edward		11th Hussars
Coffee	Corporal	John	635	17th Lancers	Died 13.8.54 in camp, Turkey.
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Coleman	Private	William	1649	13th Light Dragoons
Coleshall	Private	Frederick	1772	11th Hussars
Coley	Private	Joseph	774	17th Lancers
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Collingwood	Trmptr	Charles	1402	13th Light Dragoons
Collins [ADD]			1636
Collins	Private	Henry	1874	13th Light Dragoons
Colson	Private	William	1433	13th Light Dragoons
Comley	Private	Samuel	705	17th Lancers
Compton	Private	James	1700	11th Hussars
Compton	Private	William	1699	11th Hussars
Connolly	Private	Timothy	901	8th Hussars	Died 3.9.54 aboard Himalaya
Conway	Pte	Henry	1409	8th Hussars
Cook	Corporal	Charles	1490	11th Hussars	Died 22.10.54 at Scutari. Not in Crimea.
Cook	Pte	John	1990	4th Light Dragoons
Cook	Private	Edward	1581	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Captain	Edwin		11th Hussars
Cook	Pte	Frederick	1792	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Pte	Henry	1574	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Pte	James	1596	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Pte	Philip	999	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Pte	Thomas	1048	13th Light Dragoons
Cook	Private	Thomas	1737	13th Light Dragoons
Cooke	Sgt	George	923	8th Hussars
Cooke	Pte	George	1439	8th Hussars
Cooke	Pte	George	1505	8th Hussars
Cooke	Pte	George	1675	8th Hussars
Cooper	Pte	Charles	1603	11th Hussars
Cooper	Private	Charles	1858	13th Light Dragoons
Cooper	Pte	Edwin	1789	11th Hussars
Cooper	Pte	George	1526	13th Light Dragoons
Copas	Pte	Edwin	1244	8th Hussars
Cope	Pte	William	837	17th Lancers
Cope	Pte	John	1020	17th Lancers
Cope	Pte	James	1034	17th Lancers
Corcoran	Pte	Thomas	643	17th Lancers
Cork	Cpl	Charles	1437	11th Hussars
Cork	Pte	William	1492	4th Light Dragoons
Cornelius	Pte	John	1523	4th Light Dragoons
Cornish	Pte	Frederick	1702	11th Hussars
Cornish	Pte	Henry	1148	17th Lancers
Corson	Pte	William	1512	11th Hussars
Cosgrove	Pte	Peter	930	8th Hussars
Costello	Pte	Timothy	1072	13th Light Dragoons
Cottam	Pte	John	1685	13th Light Dragoons
Coultate	Pte	George	752	11th Hussars
Coulter	Pte	Joseph	1390	13th Light Dragoons
Court	Pte	Charles	1421	13th Light Dragoons
Cousins	Pte	Charles	1482	4th Light Dragoons
Cousins	Pte	John	1369	8th Hussars
Cousins	Pte	James	1393	8th Hussars
Cowperthwaite	Pte	Arthur	1673	4th Light Dragoons
Cox	Pte	Henry	1665	13th Light Dragoons
Cox	Pte	James	1465	4th Light Dragoons
Cox	Pte	Joseph	1089	8th Hussars
Cox	Pte	Joseph	1296	13th Light Dragoons
Cox	Pte	Samuel	1573	11th Hussars
Cox	Private	Thomas	1854	13th Light Dragoons
Cradock-Hartopp	Lieutenant	John		17th Lancers	DBM
Crane	Private	Charles	747	4th Light Dragoons
Crawford	Trmptr	Hugh	1295	4th Light Dragoons
Creed	Pte	George	1164	17th Lancers
Creed	Pte	Michael	971	8th Hussars
Creese	Pte	Henry	1398	13th Light Dragoons
Crene	Pte	George	1474	11th Hussars
Cresdee	T Sgt-Maj	William	1127	13th Light Dragoons
Cresswell	Pte	Josiah	1240	13th Light Dragoons
Cresswell	Captain	William		11th Hussars
Crichton	Asst Surg	Robert		4th Light Dragoons
Cripps	Pte	Richard	1195	17th Lancers
Crisp	Pte	Frederick	788	8th Hussars
Crocker	Pte	Rowland	1551	11th Hussars
Croft	Pte	Charles, George	1158	17th Lancers
Crooks	Pte	William	1269	17th Lancers
Crosbie	Pte	Andrew	1605	17th Lancers
Crosse	Pte	George	1615	11th Hussars
Crosse	Surg	John		11th Hussars
Croucher	Pte	Charles / James	1145	8th Hussars
Crow	Pte	James	577	8th Hussars
Croydon	Pte	George	1440	4th Light Dragoons
Cullen	Pte	William	1520	11th Hussars
Cummings	Pte	Michael	1386	8th Hussars
Cunningham	Pte	James	1298	13th Light Dragoons
Cunningham	Pte	William	1408	13th Light Dragoons
Curran	Pte	Edward	2008	4th Light Dragoons
Curteine	Pte	Thomas	987	8th Hussars
Curzon	Cornet	William		17th Lancers
Cuthbert	Farr	Joseph	1438	4th Light Dragoons
Cutmore	Pte	Joseph	1622	13th Light Dragoons

Arrived after 9 September 1855

Surname

Rank

Forename

Regtl No

Regiment

Note

Calcraft	Private	James	2023	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55 from England
Camm	Private	Joseph	1942	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 1.9.55.
Chadburn	Private	James	1841	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55.
Chatfield	Private	John	1911	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Chatterton	Private	James	1842	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, to 8H 1.9.57 (Mutiny medal seen)
Clarke	Private	Charles	1949	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55.
Clarke	Private	William	2000	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, died 17.11.55.
Clayton	Private	Henry	1943	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.9.55.
Clegg	Private	Thomas	1755	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, back to England 24.12.55.
Cocker	Private	Valentine	2013	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, to 7H 1.8.57
Cooper	Private	William	1815	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 3.9.55.
Crossland	Private	George	1946	4th Light Dragoons	To service troops 1.9.55.
Crowther	Private	James	1862	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, died 17.11.55.
Cullen	Assistant Surgeon	David		4th Light Dragoons	15.9.55 Crimea
Cunliffe	Private	Thomas	1992	4th Light Dragoons	Joined the regiment 1.10.55, to MT 1.11.56 [?]
Calgay	Private	John	1524	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 20.11.55.
Campbell	Private	Edward	1526	8th Hussars	To service troops 19.10.55.
Carney	Private	James	1641	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Carter	Private	John	1488	8th Hussars	Joined from England 28.9.55.
Casey	Private	John	1464	8th Hussars	Joined from England 28.9.55.
Champion	Private	Edward	1368	8th Hussars	joined from England 28.9.55.
Churchill	Private	James	1345	8th Hussars	joined from England 28.9.55.
Coleman	Private	William	1483	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 20.11.55, to 2DG 31.12.56.
Collins	Private	James	1825	8th Hussars	From England 28 [mng?] joined from England 28.9.55.
Crompton	Private	Joseph	1502	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Cross	Private	Thomas	1698	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 15.11.55 from England, to MT 31.1.57 [?]8
Crump	Private	William	1604	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Cunningham	Private	Henry	1632	8th Hussars	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Carter	Private	Benjamin	1990	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Cash	Private	Joseph	1810	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Casson	Private	George	1924	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55. To 17L 20.9.57
Cath	Private	Wlliam	1841	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Cavendish	Private	Charles	1773	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Chapman	Private	John H.K.	1774	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Chivers	Private	William	1939	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Combes	Private	William	1953	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Cooper	Private	James	1886	11th Hussars	To service troops 19.10.55. Left sick at Scutari.
Corke	Private	John Richard	1654	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Craven	Private	Benjamin	2011	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Crogan	Private	Arthur	2037	11th Hussars	From England 18.11.55.
Curtis	Private	James Samuel	1943	11th Hussars	From England 28.9.55.
Card	Private	Stephen	1838	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55.
Cheeseman	Private	Henry	1900	13th Light Dragoons	from England 3.12.55.
Cooper	Private	Charles	1858	13th Light Dragoons	From England 3.12.55.
Callaghan	Private	Timothy	380	17th Lancers	Embarked but invalided to Scutari Oct 54, home 24.1.55.
Callaghan	Private	Timothy	380	17th Lancers	Embarked but invalided to Scutari Oct 54, home 24.1.55.
Capelin	Private	Henry	1471	17th Lancers	With service troops Dec 55, left sick Scutari 7.1.56. Not in Crimea.
Clark	Private	James	1222	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55. To 12th Lancers 21.2.56?
Clark	Private	James	1706	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 14.11.55. To MT 17.10.56.
Cleary	Private	James	1505	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55. Invalided to Scutari 10.11.55. To 12L.
Collins	Private	James	1632	17th Lancers	Poss ? See Crider p.322.
Collins	Private	Samuel	1439	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55.
Corfield	Private	John	1309	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. To 12th Lancers 10.3.56.
Crompton	Private	James R.	1362	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. To 12th Lancers 10.3.56.
Crowden	Private	Thomas	1499	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. To 12th Lancers 10.3.56.
Culling	Private	John	1635	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55 with Cornet Marshall. [?] from Scutari 20.12.55.
Cunningham	Private	John	1535	17th Lancers	Joined the regiment 28.9.55 with Cornet Marshall.