LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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1551 Caleb ORAM — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in Berkshire. He was christened at Wallingford in the Market Place Independent Chapel on the 15th of June 1834, the son of William and Catherine Oram.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 11th of January 1853.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Clerk.

Died "in the Crimea," on the 25th of November 1854.

Medals & commemorations

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

Life after service

Death & burial