Born c.1832.
Enlisted at Coventry on the 13th of October 1849.
Age: 17.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: None shown.
Wounded in action and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava, 25th October 1854. He probably died of his wounds shortly after.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
The Returned Medal Book states "Crimean and Turkish medals returned to the Mint. No trace of issue."
Wounded in action and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava, 25th October 1854. He probably died of his wounds shortly after.
The muster roll states "Since dead. Died whilst a prisoner of war." (No date is shown.)
According to a letter from Lieutenant Chadwick, 17th Lancers, dated 2nd of April 1855:
"Of twelve men of the 17th Lancers who were taken prisoners on the same day that I was, five only are living...The seven dead [include private] Ellis."
In a letter written to Thomas Morley by James Wightman in March 1889, he said that "Henry Ellis died of his wounds."