There was originally no information about Samuel Ward in the EJBA. When he started researching the field, James Boys included only those men he knew from records had actually arrived in the Crimea. He later accepted that this was too restrictive, but was unable to add all the men who embarked for but did not reach the Crimea. Many, for example, died en route at Varna, Bulgaria, where epidemic diseases such as cholera were rife in the camps. The current editors are intending to include these men, and will be adding information as soon as possible.
Further information: Lawrence Crider,In Search of the Light Brigade, 3rd edition, p.120; Wendy Leahy,http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoonwy/ward3.html.
SAMUEL WARD
ENLISTED AT: Chester
OCCUPATION: Weaver
REGIMENT NO: 1022
ENLISTED: 11 01 1839 Manchester
According to entry of death, andHonour the Light Brigade, was enlisted 27 12 1838
RANK: 1839: Private
1841: Private
1854: Private
EMBARKATIONS: 16 03 1839 England
10 11 1841 Mary Bombay India
DISEMBARKATIONS: 10 07 1839 Bombay India
12 03 1842 Mary Gravesend England
OTHER DUTIES: To Varna Hospital 01 09 1854
DIED: 28 11 1854 Scutari, of Asiatic Cholera
NEXT OF KIN: Small account book lost, no record of next of kin
TNA SOURCES: WO/12/648-649, WO/12/651, WO/12/659
[Source: Wendy Leahy,http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoonwy/ward3.html (accessed 21.3.2014). The editors are very grateful to her for allowing us to reproduce the information she has collected.]