Medals
His documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, the Turkish Medal, the medal for Distinguished Conduct with an annuity of £15, and a medal for Long Service and Good Conduct with a gratuity of £5.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal on the 28th of February 1865, with a gratuity of £5.
In his Memoirs 1277 Robert Farquharson says that Short got his D.C.M. for "disposing of several drivers and their horses at Balaclava — thus preventing the enemy removing their guns".
Recommended for the medal on the 5th of February 1855, he received it on the 26th of March 1856, with a gratuity of £15.
Further extensive and detailed medal information archived.
(There are photographs of the family group and the group to 1230 Frederick Short only, in the 4th Hussar files.)
[DNW 2 April 2004. Is this the same set of medals that feature in EJB's photograph of the medals — presumably of medals in John Darwent's collection? Check the archive.]
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[PB: Throughout 1999 and 2000 EJB worked hard to clarify a number of questions about the history of FS's various medals (and other artefacts and memorabilia) dispersed among descendants and collectors. He concluded by noting, "Only a long and perhaps not very fruitful study would now bring anything further to light, and what is now known must be accepted, at least until something further comes to light."
PB: For EJB's notes, see here — NOT FOR PUBLICATION.]
Commemorations
Attended the first Balaclava Banquet in 1875.
Member of the Balaclava Commemoration Society in 1877 and 1879.
Life after service
He appeared before a Bankruptcy Court at Leeds on the 27th of November 1869. (Nothing is shown as to his occupation, nor can any report of the proceedings be found. He was shown as living in Chapel Allerton (a district of Leeds) at this time.)
In 1870 he was however shown in a local directory as being the landlord of the "Regent Inn", Carlton Street, Chapel Allerton, Leeds.
[PB: Wendy Leahy has since found reports about FS's bankruptcy.]
From the London Gazette:
[30 11 1869] "Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankiuptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the llth day ot Novemher, 1869, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, will be held on the 10th day of December next, at the said Court, at twelve of the clock at noon precisely, this day being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Albion-place, Leeds, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs Butler and Smith, of Leeds, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy."
[30 11 1869] "Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the llth day of November, 1869, a public sitting of the said Court for the said bankrupt to make application for his Discharge, will be held on the 13th day of December next, at the said Court, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, this day being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Albion-place, Leeds, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. Butler and Smith, of Leeds, are the Solicitors acting in the Bankruptcy."
[04 01 1870] "Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel-Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, adjudicated bankrupt on the llth day of November, 1869. An Order of Discharge was granted by the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the 30th day of December, 1869."
[07 10 1870] "Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel-Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, adjudicated bankrupt on the llth day of November, 1869. A Dividend Meeting will be held on the 19th day of October instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely."
1871 Census
9, House & Trumpet Yard, Mill Hill, Leeds.
Frederick Short, 46, Permanent Serg — Yeomanry, born Windsor.
Elizabeth Short, 38, born Ireland.
Maria Short, 17, Cap Finisher, born Brighton.
Emma Short, 14, Cap Finisher, born Brighton.
Wm Short, 12, Scholar, born Nottingham.
Amy Short, 10, Scholar, born Ireland.
Elizabeth Short, 8, born Ireland.
John Short, 1 month, born Leeds.
1881 Census
Carlisle Road ( Fardey House), Hunslet, Leeds.
Frederick Short, 56, Chelsea Pensioner, born Windsor.
Elizabeth Short, 50, born Ireland.
Maria Short, 28, born Brighton.
Elizabeth Short, 15, born Ireland.
Death & burial
Frederick Short died from "Chronic bronchitis" at Charlton, Kilmersdon, Somerset, on the 22nd of May 1886. His son, Frederick Short, of the same address, was present at, and the informant of, his death.
Death registered
Frederick Short, aged 61 years, June Quarter 1886, Frome.
Dundee Evening Telegraph, 28 May 1886
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The Somerset Record Office confirms that Frederick Short was buried in the Kilmersdon Parish Churchyard (St Peter and St. Paul) on the 26th of May 1886. An enquiry of the church authorities states that there is no known memorial in the churchyard and a further letter from an elderly parishioner [1985] states that "he must have been buried in the old part of the churchyard as the extension was not consecrated until the late 1920's", that "many memorials are badly weathered", and that he too had been "unable to find a headstone."
(See copy of a picture of the parish church at Kilmersdon, taken from a local history of the area which was published at the turn of the century, in the 4th Hussar file.)
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon, Somerset
[Source: Wikipedia: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon (accessed 5.3.2018).]
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1230 Frederick Short's son, Frederick Benjamin, formerly R.S.M. of the West Somerset Yeomanry, has a memorial erected over his grave in Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds, which also commemorates his father and his son. The memorial is of the recumbent type and is laid on the grave surface. "In Loving Memory Of" is around the top of the stone and is surrounding a carving of crossed swords and a soldier's busby. The inscription is as follows:
"FREDERICK SHORT, Late Sert.Maj. of the 4th Q.O [Queen's Own] Hussars and Regt Sert.Maj.of the West Somerset Yeomanry. Died Feb. 28th 1904, aged 52 years.
FREDERICK FRANCIS, son of the above, Corporal of the 1st Royal Dragoons. Died at Naaupoort, South Africa, Jany 26th 1901, aged 18 years.
FREDERICK SHORT, Father & Grandfather of the above. Late Sert.Major of the 4th Q.O. Hussars. "One of the Six Hundred." Died May 22nd 1885, aged 61 years. Interred at Kilmersdon, Somerset.
(There is a photograph of this family memorial stone in the 4th Hussar file.)
[PB, 2018: I assume EJB was writing in the 1980s. As photographs in the Yorkshire Indexers website showw, the stone is now erect, and looks as though it was never intended to be recumbent — I wonder when and why it was raised to the vertical again?]
The "Frederick Francis Short" known to have died in South Africa was the same as the man later referred to as having been born at Aldershot in 1882. At the time of his death from "disease" in South Africa was a L/Corporal No. 4785 in the 1st Royal Dragoons. He was entitled to the Queen's South African medal with clasp for Cape Colony.
Further information
[1979] FS's great-grand-daughter, Mrs. Olga Miller, living in the village of Pickhill, North Yorkshire, wrote saying that as a child she could remember seeing a picture of a man in soldier's uniform in the home of her grandmother (Short's daughter, Emma). Her elder sisters, who would have known more, are unfortunately now dead. A distant cousin also remembered Short's daughter telling her about how her father's horse had brought him back, but dropped dead at the tent door. Short is also said to have lived in Roundhay Road, close to the Beckett Street Cemetery.
It has been noted that four children of the name of Short were born into the 4th Hussars between 1881 and 1884: Jane M.E., born at Aldershot in 1881, Frederick F. and Lily (twins) at Aldershot in 1882, and Emma M. at Colchester in 1884. These were surely the children of the second Frederick Short.
1149 Frederick Short [son]
1149 Frederick Short entered the 4th Hussars at the age of 18 years on the 15th of September 1869. Born at Woolwich, Kent, he was a groom by trade, 5' 6" in height, with a fresh complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. His religion was Church of England.
Promoted to Corporal on the 4th of June 1873, Sergeant Instructor of Fencing on the 1st of September 1874. (He had rejoined the regiment at Rawalpindi from the Umballa Gymnasium where he had qualified, on the 24th of April). Re-engaged to complete 21 years' service on the 25th of September 1877 and promoted to Troop Sergeant Major on the 7th of December 1878.
Transferred to the Permanent Staff (as T.S.M.) of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry on the 1st of May 1884. Allowed to continue beyond 21 years' service per H.Q. Authority dated the 10th of September 1890 and was appointed Squadron Sergeant Major on the 1st of May 1894. He was discharged from Taunton on the 31st of July 1903, having "claimed it after three months notice," and had served a total of 33 years 19 days.
He was described as being 51 years 8 months of age, and a "clerk" by trade. His conduct and character were "Exemplary" — and qualified for any position of trust...". He was also in possession of the Long Service & Good Conduct medal (which he had been awarded on the 26th of September 1887) and six good-conduct badges.
(1149 Frederick Short, was recommended for the M.S.M. on the 26th of January 1897, but he did not receive it.)
He served in India from the 1st of July 1870 (in December of the same year he had passed the examination, in the lower standard, for the Hindostanee language.) until the 9th of January 1879. He had also passed Classes of Instruction in Fencing, Gymnastics, Sketching and Reconnaissance and obtained a Certificate from the School of Musketry at Hythe on the 21st of November 1892.
On the 19th of January 1879 he married Jane Donald at Westminster, London. [Later] she, and a son, William Edward, serving in the 4th Hussars, and three daughters, Jane, Emma, and Lily, were shown as his next of kin. His intended place of residence was Middlesborough, Yorkshire.
[PB: Elsewhere there's a note about four children etc ...CLARIFY]
It has been noted that three children of the name of Short were born into the 4th Hussars between 1881 and 1884, Jane M.E., born at Aldershot in 1881, Frederick F., and Lily (twins) at Aldershot in 1882 and Emma M., at Colchester in 1884. These were surely the children of the second Frederick Short.
Frederick (Benjamin) Short, died at the "Oak Inn," Meanwood Road, Leeds, on the 28th of February 1904. From the Yorkshire Post for the 1st of March 1904:
Death — Frederick Benjamin Short, late R.S.M. West Somerset Yeomanry and of the 4th Q.O. Hussars. Will be interred tomorrow Wednesday (March 2nd.) at two o'clock, leaving the house at 1.30 p.m. All friends please accept this (the only) intimation."
He was buried in Beckett Street Cemetery, known locally as Burmantofts, in Grave No. 5241. Although the grave was dug to nine feet, he is the only one interred there, the grave-plot owner being his widow, Jane Short. In his will he left his personal estate of £255/6/5d. to his widow, Jane.
William Edward Short [grandson]
His grandson, William Edward Short, was born in the parish of Charlton, near Bath, on the 23rd of August 1866 and enlisted into the Corps of Hussars at Taunton on the 22nd of August 1900 at the age of 14 years, and being posted to the 13th Hussars on the same day. He was shown as being 5' 1" in height, with a fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair and C. of E. by religion. His Regimental number was 5348 and he had "no trade".
He was posted to the 4th Hussars (as a Musician) on the 6th of January 1903 and appointed Trumpeter on the 6th of March 1906. He was discharged from the service on the 1st of April 1906, on the payment of £20. He had served in India from the 6th of October 1902 and in South Africa from the 4th of December 1905 until his discharge.
He had obtained his Second Class Certificate of Education on the 7th of October 1902 and his First Class on the 28th of March 1904. He then re-enlisted into the Army Service Corps on the 4th of June 1914 as Private No. R4/072112 and an added note on his documents states, "Nine pounds (£9.) purchase money refunded to R4/072112 Sergeant W.E. Short by the Regimental Paymaster at Woolwich on the 19th of August 1915, has this day been handed over to the man himself..." (He had been commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on the 4th of February 1918, serving in France from the 16th of February 1918 and being awarded the British War and Victory medals. His second name was given as "Ernest" at this time.)
His father was shown as Frederick Short, Church Square, Taunton, — Mother, Jane — Brother (Older) serving in the 1st Dragoon Guards. It has not yet been possible [1984] to obtain any details of this brother, who must have been the Frederick F. Short who was born at Aldershot in 1882.
In 1983 a Mr. J.W. Burdon, of Redcar-by-Sea, Cleveland, Yorkshire, who is related through one of Frederick Short's sons, William (born in 1866), and whose mother is still alive, provided a certain amount of information on the family from leads supplied to him, and a copy of a photograph of him in uniform (taken soon after the Crimean War) was sent by him in return for one of Frederick Short's medals and that of his son, Frederick Benjamin Short's medal.
(There is a copy of the portrait [PB: which version?] and also copies of both medal photographs in the 4th Hussar file.)
[DNW 2 April 2004. Is this a version of the photograph that EJB is talking about? Check the archive.]
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The uniform he is wearing in the photograph is now believed to be that of the 10th Hussars and not the 4th. This possibly disposes of the theory that this was taken soon after the Crimean War and he probably had this done at a later date, using the photographer's "props".
In December 1983, a Captain Robin Wheeler, then an officer in the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, wrote saying that Frederick Short was his great-great-grandfather and he was seeking information about his date of death and place of burial. He had found out who now owned the family medals and said they used to be in his family, but in the early 1950s his great-grandmother had donated them to York Museum, "who later denied all knowledge of them".
He also sent a photograph of him, obviously taken at the same time as the one now in possession, but in a different pose. His great-grandfather had also written on the back of the original photograph, "His daughter, Emma Short, later Farrar, was the first child to be born into the regiment on its return from the Crimea." Although he did not say so, he is seemingly descended from her.
A full copy of all known information at the time was sent to him [by EJB], but no reply has ever been received. At the same time he was told of another descendant in the person of Mr. Burdon, of Redcar, but he also has never heard further from him, in spite of also writing a letter.
References & acknowledgements
Census information for 1871 and 1881, a newspaper clipping from Dundee, and dates of membership of the Balaclava Commemoration Society kindly provided by Chris Poole.
Links and other sources
- Wendy Leahy, Shadows of Time website: 4th Light Dragoons Personal Records: 1230 Frederick Short. See also 4th Light Dragoons Personal Records: 1149 Frederick Short [son]
The editors are grateful to Wendy for allowing us to include information from her website.
FREDERICK SHORT
BORN: Windsor c1825?
OCCUPATION: Shoemaker
ENLISTED: 23 12 1843 [3LD] aged 18 years
RANK: 1854: Sergeant
1855: Troop Sergeant Major
1864: Troop Sergeant Major
1866: Troop Sergeant Major
PROMOTIONS: To Sergeant July 1854
MEDALS: DCM
Extract from http://www.dnw.co.uk/dnw/medals: `A fine Charge of the Light Brigade D. C. M. group of four awarded to TSM F. Short, 4LD, afterwards Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry. Distinguished Conduct Medal, V. R. [Serjt. Fredk. Short, 4th Lt. Drags]; Crimea 1854-1856, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastapol [T. S. [M.], 4th Lt. Dragoons, contemporary engraved naming, Army LS & GC, V. R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse [1230 Tp. Serjt. Mjr. IV.L.D.] contemporary engraved naming, the first two with refixed suspension, severe contact wear and edge bruising, thus fair to fine, the last two about very fine or better [4] £10000-£12000 estimate. Sold for £14000 on 02 04 2004.'
EMBARKATIONS & DISEMBARKATIONS: 4Q 1855: 11 days on ship, 81 days on shore
CAMPAIGNS: Crimea
TRANSFERRED FROM: 3rd Light Dragoons summer 1844
TRANSFERRED TO: Yorkshire Hussars 01 04 1866 Edinburgh
NOTES: From http://www.dnw.co.uk/dnw/medals
`Served with distinction in the Crimea campaign and especially in the Charge of the Light Brigade, when he accounted for several enemy artillery drivers with his sword, a fact confirmed by fellow 4LD, R. S. Farquharson in his memoir...
`Lieutenant Jolliffe and Sergeant F. Short of ours did some good hard work at the guns. The former cleared off a number of gunners with his pistol, and the latter disposed of several drivers, and their horses as well, thus materially preventing the enemy from removing the guns. On account of this, Short gained for himself the Medal for distinguished conduct in the field.'
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION: 28 01 1868
PENSION DISTRICT: [1868]: Leeds
1869: Bankrupt 19783-7
1870: Stoppage
NOTES: 2Q 1866: Family allowance `Wife and 6 kids' £1
Discharge allowance Hamilton to Leeds £5 8s 9d
Total allowance £6 8s 9d
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: Yorkshire Hussars
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION: Beer retailer
Extracted from London Gazettes:
30 11 1869: 'Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly lunkeeper, but now out of business, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankiuptcy, filed in the Count} Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the llth day ot Novemher, 1869, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, will be held on the 10th day of December next, at the said Court, at twelve of the clock at noon precisely, this day being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Albion-place, Leeds, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs Butler and Smith, of Leeds, are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.'
30 11 1869: 'Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel Allerton, in the.parish, of- Leeds, iu the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but. now out of business, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, — filed in the Couuty Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the llth day of November, 1869,'a public sitting of the said Court for the said bankrupt to make application for his Discharge, will be held on the 13th day of December next, at the said Court, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, this Jay being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Albion-place, Leeds, is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. Butler and Smith, of Leeds, are the Solicitors acting in the Bankruptcy.'
04 01 1870: 'Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel-Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, adjudicated bankrupt on the llth day of November, 1869. An Order of Discharge was granted by the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Leeds, on the 30th day of December, 1869.'
07 10 1870: 'Frederick Short, of Regent-street, in Chapel-Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, but now out of business, adjudicated bankrupt on the llth day of November, 1869. A Dividend Meeting will be held on the 19th day of October instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely.'
DIED: c1886?
1ST WIFE: Elizabeth
BORN: c1831/1833 Ireland
CHILD: Frederick Short Junior
NOTES: Enlisted in 4LD 1869, see separate entry
CHILD: Maria
BORN: c1854 Brighton
CHILD: Emma
BORN: c1857 Brighton
CHILD: William
BORN: c1859 Nottingham
CHILD: Ann
BORN: c1861 Ireland
CHILD: Elizabeth
BORN: c1863 Ireland
CHILD: John
BORN: 1871 Leeds
1871 CENSUS: Yorkshire, St Peter, West Leeds, District 73, Image 10
RG10/4568
Schedule 50
9 Horse and Trumpet Yard
Frederick Short, Head, Mar, 46, Permanent Serj. Yeomanry, born Berkshire Windsor
Elizabeth Short, Wife, Mar, 38, born Ireland
Maria Short, Dau, Unm, 17, Cap finisher, born Sussex Brighton
Emma Short, Dau, Unm, 14, Cap finisher, born Sussex Brighton
William Short, Son, 12, Scholar, born Notts Nottingham
Ann Short, Dau, 10, Scholar, born Ireland
Elizabeth Short, Dau, 8, Scholar, born Ireland
John Short, Son, 1m, born Yorkshire Leeds
1881 CENSUS: Yorkshire, Hunslet, District 1, Image 46
RG11/4485
Schedule 238
Carlisle Road [Fardey House]
Frederick Short, Head, Mar, 56, Chelsea Pensioner, born Berks Windsor
Elizabeth Short, Wife, Mar, 50, born Ireland
Maria Short, Dau, Unm, 28, born Sussex Brighton
Elizabeth Short, Dau, Unm, 15, born Ireland
SOURCES:
WO/12/660
WO/12/668
WO/12/671
WO/23/62
Honour the Light Brigade
Ancestry.com: Census returns
A2A: ACC3499: Papers and Photographs
London Gazette, November 30, 1869, Issue 23561, page 121 and 124-125
London Gazette, January 4, 1870, Issue 23574, page 116
London Gazette, October 7, 1870, Issue 23666, page 33
LINKS: http://www.dnw.co.uk/dnw/medals
Yorkshire Indexers: Frederick Short
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Frederick Short, late Serg. Major 4th 2 D. Hussars, 'One of the 600'.
[PB: Not "2 D" but "Q.O.", i.e. "Queen's Own" — a typographical quirk. I have corrected this error invisibly below.]
Leeds Beckett St. Cemetery, Frederick Short, Late Sergeant Major of the 4th Q.O. Hussars and retired Serg. Major of the West Somerset Yeomanry, died Feb 28th 1904 aged 52 years.
Frederick Francis Short, son of the above, Corporal 1st Royal Dragoons, died at Naauwpoort South Africa January 26th 1901 aged 18 years.
and Frederick Short, father and grandfather of the above, late Serg. Major 4th Q.O. Hussars & One of the 600, died May 22nd 1886 aged 61 years. Interred at Kilmeredon Somerset.
Short Frederick Sgt Regimental number 1230 4th Light Dragoons,
Frederick Short was born in Windsor and enlisted in the 3rd Light Dragoons in December 1843 aged 18 years. In the following year he transferred to the 4th Light Dragoons. He attained Sergeant in July 1854 and served with distinction in the Crimean war and in particular in the famous charge of the Light Brigade, when he dispatched several enemy artillery drivers with his sword, a fact confirmed by 4th Light Dragoon, R. S. Farquharson, 'Lieutenant Jolliffe and Sergeant Frederick Short did some good hard work at the guns. The former cleared off a number of gunners with his pistol, and the latter disposed of several drivers, and their horses as well, thus materially preventing the enemy from removing the guns'.
Because of this Short was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Short gave his own account of the charge in June 1863: 'I have been a Troop Sergeant-Major for eight years. The regiment now called the 4th Hussars was formerly called the 4th Light Dragoons. I remember the charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaclava. I was on the extreme left of the right hand squadron in the front rank during the charge. At the commencement of the charge the 8th Hussars were in line with the 4th Light Dragoons and the 11th Hussars were somewhat in advance of our lines. I am certain that the 4th Light Dragoons who were not disabled charged right up to the Russian battery. On arriving at the guns the Russians were retreating with them from their original positions. The 4th endeavoured to take possession of these guns. Lieutenant Jolliffe (now Captain, retired) was next to me. I was slightly in advance and attacked the drivers of the guns while Lieutenant Jolliffe shot with his revolver the gunners sitting on the guns. I state positively that I cut down at least six drivers.'
Advanced to Troop Sergeant-Major in February 1855, Short was awarded his D.C.M. in the following month. He was awarded his Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in February 1863.
Short's civilian life as an Innkeeper was far from happy, The London Gazette of 4 January 1870 stated: 'Frederick Short of Regent Street, in Chapel-Allerton, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, formerly Innkeeper, adjudicated bankrupt on 11th day of November 1869. He died at Kilmeredon [Kilmersdon], Somerset in May 1886, aged 61 years.
Photographed by Gordon Hodgson
[Source: Yorkshire Indexers: Frederick Short (accessed 3.3.2018).]
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FS's entry in Roy Dutton, Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade, pp.70-1.
[PB:The 1st edition [date?] is partly available online at Google Books: Forgotten Heroes: Frederick Short. There may be further information in the revised edition, [date?] (accessed 3.3.2018).]
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Some of the images in the EJBA archive [CHECK AND ADD ABOVE]
[PB: These are all adapted from scans of negatives. There are likely to be other, possibly better, positive images in the files. CHECK & ADD.]
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West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds: Trp Sgt Frederick Short, 4th Light Dragoons, papers and photographs
[PB: I wonder what there might be in the archive?]
Catalogue description Trp Sgt Frederick Short, 4th Light Dragoons, papers and photographs
This record is held by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
See contact details
Reference: ACC 3499
Title: Trp Sgt Frederick Short, 4th Light Dragoons, papers and photographs
Description: Papers and photographs
Date: 1825-1886
Held by: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator: Short, Frederick, fl 1825-1886, Troop Sergeant
Subjects: Armed forces
Administrative / biographical background: These records were previously held by the South Yorkshire County Record Office.
[Source: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds: Trp Sgt Frederick Short, 4th Light Dragoons, papers and photographs (accessed 5.3.2018). I was unable to find out more from the WYAS at this time because the database appeared to be down.]
Heroes lie among us
Frederick Short (the lowest inscription on the gravestone above) was a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. He served in the 4th Light Dragoons. Note that the Frederick Short who fought in the Crimean War is not actually buried here but listed presumably because of the family's military background.
He is listed in the Names of Officers and Troopers who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade (www.infodial.co.uk/LBNameIndex.pdf).
Frederick Francis Short, the son and grand-son to the other two, died in the Second Boer War en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War.
There are another two soldiers from the Charge of the Light Brigade buried in the Beckett Street Cemetery, Richard Chambers and James Cunningham.
Details of the Charge can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade, with a dispatch in The London Times at en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(a....
Trumpeter Landfrey, who sounded the charge at the Charge of the Light Brigade, can be heard playing the charge again at www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/documentary.htm.
Information on the 4th Light Dragoons can be found at www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm#Museum.
"Few they may have been, but unknown they should not be"
From the E.J. Boys Archive — The lives of the Light Brigade at www.chargeofthelightbrigade.com/index.html
Source: Flickr: , from Flickr: Johnnyg1955's photostream. Photograph taken 8.5.2008 (accessed 5.3.2018). Notice also the reference to Richard Chambers and James Cunningham, also buried at Beckett Road Cemetery, Leeds. Notice also the reference in the comments from "saraash2009", who said that Richard Chambers was her great great grandfather's nephew. johnnyg1955 replied that had sent her further details [and photographs? — yes, see his album of Crimean soldiers in Leeds]
Leodis: A Photographic Archive of Leeds: Beckett Street Cemetery, gravestone of Short family
Leodis: Gravestone of Short family
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Subject ID: 2012101_174056
Location: Burmantofts
Subject Year: Keywords: Beckett Street Cemetery, gravestone, Frederick Short
Copyright: Julie Cryer
Class number: LEO 6960
Undated. This gravestone in Beckett Street Cemetery commemorates 3 generations of a military family. Frederick Short the elder, listed at the bottom, had served with the 4th Light Dragoons at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, taking part in the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade for which he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was promoted to Sergeant Major and later transferred to the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry as an Instructor.
Though born in Windsor, he moved to Leeds on leaving the army where he was listed as a beer retailer at Carlton Street in an 1867 directory. However, he was adjudicated bankrupt on 11th November 1869, described as a former Innkeeper now out of business residing at Regent Street in Chapel Allerton. In the 1871 census he was living with his Irish wife Elizabeth and six children at the Horse and Trumpet Yard, then in 1881 at Garden House, Carlisle Road, Hunslet. He died in May 1886 and was interred in Somerset.
His son and grandson however were buried here. Frederick Short, his son, commemorated at the top, was a Sergeant Major in the 4th Hussars and in the West Somerset Yeomanry. He died in 1904 aged 52 years. Grandson Frederick Francis Short, Corporal of the 1st Royal Dragoons, died in South Africa in the Boer War on 26th January 1901 aged 18. The gravestone shows a symbol of crossed swords with a busby as worn by the Hussars. The busby, complete with red "jelly-bag" hanging over one side, is still part of the ceremonial dress of Hussars today. Photograph courtesy of Julie Cryer.
[Source: Leodis: Beckett Street Cemetery, gravestone, Frederick Short (accessed 5.3.2018).]
John Grehan, The First VCs: The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crisses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage (2016)
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Briefly mentions FS at the guns (quoting FS himself), and Farquaharson's confirmatory recollection.
[Source: Sections of John Grehan's book are available online (accessed 5.3.2018).]
