Crimea: Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava
The research for And Die In Thee has taken me into some dark places, of which the Crimea was the worst. As I feel all the names deserve inclusion somewhere here is the roll call of the British who died on the day.
Killed in action at Balaklava - 25th October 1854
1st DRAGOONS: Pte Charles Middleton, Pte Thomas Shore
2nd NORTH BRITISH DRAGOONS: Pte Henry Campbell, Corporal A.P. Clifford
4th LIGHT DRAGOONS: Major J.T.D. Halkett, Lieutenant Henry Arthur Sparke. Trumpeter Thomas Burns, Sergeant Edward Cambell, Pte James Donaldson, Pte Daniel Haxhall, Troop Sergeant Major Francis Herbert, Pte Thomas Hutton, Trumpeter Edward Lovelock, Sergeant Richard Lynch, Pte Charles Marshall, Pte Thomas Moody, Pte Michael Phelan, Pte George Robinson, Corporal Henry Spence, Pte George Swan, Pte Thomas Tomset, Pte Charles Waight
4th DRAGOON GUARDS: Pte Thomas Ryan
5th DRAGOON GUARDS: Pte Bernard Callery, Corporal James Taylor
6th DRAGOONS: Pte Robert Elliot, Pte Alexander Latimer
13th LIGHT DRAGOONS: Captain Thomas Howard Goad, Cornet Hugh Montgomery, Captain J.A. Oldham. 17th Lancers: Cornet J. Chadwick, Lieutenant John Henry Thomspon, Captain J.P. Winter. Pte Thomas Blackett, Pte Charles Court, Pte William Dorell, Pte Robert Fraser, Pte William Lawson, Pte Thomas McGorrine, Pte James Slattery, Corporal E.W.A. Smith, Pte James Watson, Troop Sergeant Major John Webster, Pte T.J. Williams
8th (King's Royal Irish) HUSSARS: Cornet G. Clowes, Lieutenant J.C. Fitzgibbon, Captain George Lockwood. Pte Joshua Adams, Pte John Barry, Pte Michael Brennan, Pte James Dies, Corporal William Donald, Pte Andrew Finnegan, Pte Denis Hanrahan, Pte Thomas Heffron, Pte Edmund Herbert, Pte Matthew Keating, Troop Sergeant Major H. McCluer, Pte Edward McDonald, Pte George Morris, Sergeant Michael Rielly, Pte Charles Waterer, Pte John White, Sergeant William Williams
11th HUSSARS: Pte C. Allured, Pte J. Brunton, Pte R. Bubb, Pte C.B. Cooper
Pte W. Davis, Pte T. Elder, Corporal T. France, Pte J.M. George, Pte R. Gwinnell, Pte G. Horne, Pte J. Jackman, Sergeant J. Jones, Sergeant T. Jordan, Pte R. Lazell, Pte J. Larkin, Pte R. Levett, Pte D. Purcell, Pte L. Shoppee, Pte T. Shrive, Pte W.H. Spring, Pte J. Stephenson, Pte H. Wakelin, Pte D. Ward, Pte W. Wareham, Pte G. Wooton
15th HUSSARS: Captain Louis E. Nolan
17th LANCERS: Pte Charles Aldows, Pte William Baker, Pte John Bow, Pte Walter Brooks, Pte George Broom, Pte Henry Carter, Pte Thomas Corcoran, Pte Richard Dollar, Pte Patrick Dowling, Pte George Flowers, Pte Henry Gray, Corporal James Hall, Pte William Harrison, Pte Robert Jackson, Pte John Lees, Pte Robert Ling, Pte Robert McNeill, Pte Frederick Melrose, Pte Charles Mitton, Pte Henry Pearce, Pte Johnson Sewell, Pte James Stamage, Sergeant Edward Talbot, Pte John Wilson, Corporal C. Wrigley
68th FOOT: Pte Michael Gallivan
92nd HIGHLANDERS: Captain Walter Charteris
From: The Crimea Casualty Roll by F. Cook
Forgive me for not researching the otherside of the conflict. But this list was enough to depress me, and I couldn't face any more names whatever the nationality.
Killed in action at Balaklava - 25th October 1854
1st DRAGOONS: Pte Charles Middleton, Pte Thomas Shore
2nd NORTH BRITISH DRAGOONS: Pte Henry Campbell, Corporal A.P. Clifford
4th LIGHT DRAGOONS: Major J.T.D. Halkett, Lieutenant Henry Arthur Sparke. Trumpeter Thomas Burns, Sergeant Edward Cambell, Pte James Donaldson, Pte Daniel Haxhall, Troop Sergeant Major Francis Herbert, Pte Thomas Hutton, Trumpeter Edward Lovelock, Sergeant Richard Lynch, Pte Charles Marshall, Pte Thomas Moody, Pte Michael Phelan, Pte George Robinson, Corporal Henry Spence, Pte George Swan, Pte Thomas Tomset, Pte Charles Waight
4th DRAGOON GUARDS: Pte Thomas Ryan
5th DRAGOON GUARDS: Pte Bernard Callery, Corporal James Taylor
6th DRAGOONS: Pte Robert Elliot, Pte Alexander Latimer
13th LIGHT DRAGOONS: Captain Thomas Howard Goad, Cornet Hugh Montgomery, Captain J.A. Oldham. 17th Lancers: Cornet J. Chadwick, Lieutenant John Henry Thomspon, Captain J.P. Winter. Pte Thomas Blackett, Pte Charles Court, Pte William Dorell, Pte Robert Fraser, Pte William Lawson, Pte Thomas McGorrine, Pte James Slattery, Corporal E.W.A. Smith, Pte James Watson, Troop Sergeant Major John Webster, Pte T.J. Williams
8th (King's Royal Irish) HUSSARS: Cornet G. Clowes, Lieutenant J.C. Fitzgibbon, Captain George Lockwood. Pte Joshua Adams, Pte John Barry, Pte Michael Brennan, Pte James Dies, Corporal William Donald, Pte Andrew Finnegan, Pte Denis Hanrahan, Pte Thomas Heffron, Pte Edmund Herbert, Pte Matthew Keating, Troop Sergeant Major H. McCluer, Pte Edward McDonald, Pte George Morris, Sergeant Michael Rielly, Pte Charles Waterer, Pte John White, Sergeant William Williams
11th HUSSARS: Pte C. Allured, Pte J. Brunton, Pte R. Bubb, Pte C.B. Cooper
Pte W. Davis, Pte T. Elder, Corporal T. France, Pte J.M. George, Pte R. Gwinnell, Pte G. Horne, Pte J. Jackman, Sergeant J. Jones, Sergeant T. Jordan, Pte R. Lazell, Pte J. Larkin, Pte R. Levett, Pte D. Purcell, Pte L. Shoppee, Pte T. Shrive, Pte W.H. Spring, Pte J. Stephenson, Pte H. Wakelin, Pte D. Ward, Pte W. Wareham, Pte G. Wooton
15th HUSSARS: Captain Louis E. Nolan
17th LANCERS: Pte Charles Aldows, Pte William Baker, Pte John Bow, Pte Walter Brooks, Pte George Broom, Pte Henry Carter, Pte Thomas Corcoran, Pte Richard Dollar, Pte Patrick Dowling, Pte George Flowers, Pte Henry Gray, Corporal James Hall, Pte William Harrison, Pte Robert Jackson, Pte John Lees, Pte Robert Ling, Pte Robert McNeill, Pte Frederick Melrose, Pte Charles Mitton, Pte Henry Pearce, Pte Johnson Sewell, Pte James Stamage, Sergeant Edward Talbot, Pte John Wilson, Corporal C. Wrigley
68th FOOT: Pte Michael Gallivan
92nd HIGHLANDERS: Captain Walter Charteris
From: The Crimea Casualty Roll by F. Cook
Forgive me for not researching the otherside of the conflict. But this list was enough to depress me, and I couldn't face any more names whatever the nationality.