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

Added 17.12.12. Minor edits 4.4.14. New information added 30.6.17.

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725, Private Henry TURNER - 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Cheltenham c.1821.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Cheltenham on the 11th of April 1841.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Hatter.

Service

Sent to Scutari on the 12th of October 1854 and died there on the 2nd of January 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Inkerman and Sebastopol.

Further detailed medal information archived.

Commemorations

One of the name panels, pre-restoration. [Date and source of photograph?]

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The name "Private Henry Turner 8th Hussars" appears on the Crimean War memorial outside the Queen's Hotel in Cheltenham. (There is another photograph in the 17th Lancer file.)

Death & burial

Sent to Scutari on the 12th of October 1854 and died there on the 2nd of January 1855.