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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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Added 26.11.12. Minor edits 13.3.14, 4.4.14.

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1527, Private Charles WAIGHT — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in Devonshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 20th of February 1852.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Painter.

Service

Killed in action at Balaclava.

Medals & commemorations

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

Next of kin: Father, Charles Waight, living in Lambeth, London.

Death & burial

Killed in action at Balaclava, 25th of October 1854.


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