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

Added 24.12.12. Minor edits 13.3.14, 4.4.14. Census info for 1851 added 28.4.2018.

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1080, Private David WARD - 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, c.1817

Enlistment

Enlisted at Leeds on the 27th of December 1839.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Smith.

Service

[PB: A daughter, Hannah, was born in Ireland c.1845.]

A son, David, born to him and his wife, Sarah, was baptised "by certificate" in the Military Chapel at Hounslow Barracks on the 5th of May 1850.

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1851 Census

Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.

David Ward, Soldier, married, 34, Private, born Leeds, York [p.12].

Sarah Ward, Soldiers wife, married, 34, born Pudsey, York [p.5].

Hannah Ward, child, 6, born Portobello, Ireland [p.5].

David Ward, child, 1, born Hounslow, Middlesex [p.5].

Killed in action at Balaclava, 25th October 1854, having been struck by a cannon-ball.

Next of kin: Wife, Sarah Ward, living at Farsley, near Leeds, Yorkshire.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Death & burial

Killed in action at Balaclava, 25th October 1854, having been struck by a cannon-ball.

References & acknowledgements

Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.