11th Hussars after Balaklava

On the 11th of November the regiment moved from Balaclava to the plateau, encamping by the windmill at Inkerman.

The conditions of the winter of 1854-55 led to the Cavalry Division being dissolved. This had numbered 2000 men when the campaign started, but by now (December) reduced to 200 available men and these and the few horses remaining were used to carry biscuit up to the front.

Casualties during 1854 were high. Lost by death from sickness, four officers, thirty-two other ranks and seventy-nine horses. Killed in action were twenty-six men and thirty-nine horses.

In an expedition to Kertch in March of 1855 some of the regiment were attached to other units, and following the arrival of drafts from England in May, July and September, were part of the Expeditionary Force to Eupatoria in October. Although the work was of a trying nature, no serious fighting was done.

The 11th Hussars did not leave for Scutari with the remainder of the Cavalry Division in November, but remained at Kadekoi, now well provided for. Their main duty was in the furnishing of letter-parties and orderlies. One duty performed was the finding of an escort to General Sir William Codrington, consisting of an officer and thirty-six men.

Casualties during 1855 had been one officer, fifty men and 55 horses dead, and fifty-four men were invalided home. The 11th "kept the ground" at the Reviews held in March, April and May of 1856 for the inspection of the whole of the British Army by General Luders. They also formed a guard of honour for the presentation, on the 6th of June, of the Order of the Bath to officers of the Allied Armies.