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— 1494, Private Joseph Carter, 4th Light Dragoons
— 1535, Private Thomas Frederick Arms [Armes], 4th Light Dragoons (also family group to Major F. S. Probyn, Army Veterinary Corps)
— 1615, Private James Oliver, 4th Light Dragoons
— Lieutenant John Barry Marshall, 4th Light Dragoons
— 1131, Private John Doyle, 8th Hussars
— 1386, Farrier-Major Michael Cummings, 8th Hussars
— 1289, Private William Searle, 8th Hussars
— Cornet James Baker, 8th Hussars
— 1176, Private Joseph Brunton, 11th Hussars, killed in the charge at Balaklava
— 1591, Private David Purcell, 11th Hussars, killed in the charge at Balaklava
— 1438, Corporal George Glanister, 11th Hussars, later 2nd Dragoon Guards
— 1475, Private George Henry Green, 11th Hussars, a possible charger at Balaklava
— 1362, Private Thomas Thorburn, 11th Hussars, a possible charger at Balaklava
— 1457, Private Henry Lawes, 11th Hussars
— 1734, Private Alexander William Flemming [Fleming], 11th Hussars, who died in the Crimea — 1804, Private Edward Goodman, 11th Hussars — Veterinary Surgeon Paul Anthony, 11th Hussars — 1684, Private George Smith, 11th Hussars, who died in the Crimea — 1253, Private John Jay, 13th Light Dragoons, a possible charger at Balaklava who died in the Crimea — 1061, Private Henry Bennett, 17th Lancers, later Staff Sergeant in the Commissary Department
— 1305, Private Richard Pilgrim, 17th Lancers M16/1077 Private Joseph Carter, 4th Light Dragoons, wounded in the right arm at Balaklava by the bursting of a shell CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. Carter, 4th Lt. D . . . ) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with T. B. Bailey Coventry silver laurel leaf brooch, severe edge bruising and contact marks affecting last part of unit details, fine £1200-1500 Ex Inman Collection, Sotheby, July 1896; and Glendining, December 1901, when sold with Turkish Crimea medal. Joseph Carter was born at Knightsbridge, London, and enlisted at Hampton Court on 21 July 1851, aged 18. He was wounded in action at Balaklava and sent to Scutari on 26 October 1854, being invalided home to England on 23 February 1855. He was promoted to Corporal in July 1855 and to Sergeant in October 1857, and transferred to the 18th Hussars on 1 March 1858. Carter was discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on 4 November 1862, in consequence of being 'Unfit for military service. Has dyspepsia and a tendency towards phthisis. Origin stems from constitutional infirmity and military service. He was wounded at Balaklava during the Cavalry charge in the right arm by the bursting of a shell . . . vide his small book signed by Captain Moore. Bears marks of shell wound on right arm.' M16/1079 Private Thomas Frederick Arms, 4th Light Dragoons, who was severely wounded in the charge at Balaklava and is said to have been nursed by Florence Nightingale at Scutari CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Fredk. Arms, 4th Dragoons) contemporary engraved naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with replacement ring suspension, both medals fitted with silver ribbon brooches, very fine Thomas Frederick Armes (or Armes) was born in the Parish of St Peter's, Norwich, on of six sons of Thomas Arms, a Leather Cutter, of Dove Lane. He was enlisted at Norwich by 1215 Sergeant William Waterson on 26 May 1852, aged 21 years 11 months. Both he and his horse were wounded in action in the charge at Balaklava. Lummis and Wynn state that he was left for dead on the field at Balaklava after a Cossack ran a lance through his leg. However, there is nothing in the medical report to substantiate this claim nor on his documents that 'he was promoted to Corporal on the eve of Balaclava but rode in the Charge as a Private.' He was sent to Scutari General Hospital on 26 October 1854, where he is said to have been nursed by Miss Florence Nightingale and Miss Stanley, the daughter of the Bishop of Norwich, before being invalided to England on 17 February 1855. He was discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on 16 October 1855, being 'Unfit for further service — Disabled by loss of fifth phalange of middle finger and injury to index finger of left hand by fragment of shell at Balaclava. Ring and little finger also contracted.' He afterwards returned to Norwich where he became Bugle Major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. In about June 1865 he married Emily Mary Ann Probyn. He attended the first Balaklava Banquet in 1875 and was a Member of the Balaklava Commemoration Society in 1879. He died at All Saints' Green, Norwich, on 21 January 1885, as reported in Norfolk Annals for 31 January of that year: 'Died at All Saints' Green, Norwich, Thomas Frederick Armes, Bugle Major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. Formerly in the 4th Light Dragoons, he took part in the famous light cavalry charge at Balaclava, in which he was wounded and left for dead on the field.' In also recording his death, the United Services Gazette of 31 January 1885 added: 'Towards the close of the famous engagement at Balaclava Armes was struck by a round shot in the ribs, which sent him "flying out of the saddle. He was at first supposed to have been killed, but through careful nursing at Scutari he, to a great extent, recovered his health, although he always suffered more or less from his wounds, especially at certain seasons. Two fingers of his right hand were cut off by a Russian cavalry soldier. Armes lay so long at Scutari that when he was finally discharged from the hospital there, the Crimean war had terminated.' He was buried in the City Cemetery, Norwich, where he was later joined by his wife who died in March 1919. The inscription on the erected tombstone reads: 'In memory of Thomas Frederick Armes, formerly of the 4th Light Dragoons and for 17 years Bugle Major of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, who died at Norwich on the 21st of January 1885, aged 54 years. He took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in the Crimea in which he was severely wounded and for 30 years he bore with exemplary patience the suffering from these wounds, which subsequently caused his death. This monument was erected by his comrades in the Volunteers to whom he was endeared by the unselfishness of his character as a man, and by the un"agging discharge of his duties as a soldier. Blessed are the dead which lie in the Lord.' Together with related family group to Major F. S. Probyn, Army Veterinary Corps QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (C.V.S. F. S. Probyn. A.V.D.); 1914-15 STAR (Major F. S. Probyn. A.V.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major F. S Probyn) extremely fine (6) £2500-3000 Frederick Stewart Probyn, most likely a nephew of Thomas Frederick Armes, was born at Norwich on 26 August 1876. He served during the Boer War as a civilian veterinary surgeon, one of about 100 of whom volunteered for service in South Africa with the Army Veterinary Department. He served as a Major in the Army Veterinary Corps during the Great War and retired from the Army on 2 October 1920. M16/1081 Private James Oliver, 4th Light Dragoons CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol J. Oliver. 4th Lt. Dragns.) officially impressed naming, heavy contact marks, therefore fine £250-300 James Oliver was born at Stratford, London, and enlisted there on 15 September 1854, aged 18. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 20 June 1855, and served during the siege of Sebastopol. He re-engaged at Perth for a further period of 12 years service in September 1866 and subsequently served in India for a little over four years. He was discharged at Canterbury on 25 October 1875, after 21 years service. He had also been awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with a gratuity of £5 in August 1875. M16/1096 Lieutenant John Barry Marshall, 4th Light Dragoons, who died in the Crimea CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. J. B. Marshall. 4th Lt. Drgns.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £600-700 John Barry Marshall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 24 April 1830, son of William S. Marshall, of 4 Hyde Park Square, London, and Plashwood, near Ipswich, Suffolk, a member of the London Stock Exchange and of the company Mannings and Marshall, Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Following an education at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, he was appointed Ensign in the 4th Light Dragoons, becoming Lieutenant in May 1852, and Captain in December 1854. He served in the Crimea from 15 June 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, but died of cholera at the Monastery of St George, some four miles from Balaklava, on 30 September 1855. He was buried in the 13th Light Dragoons Cemetery on the road going towards Karani, and a memorial of either wood or stone was positioned over the grave in mid-1856, and was then inscribed: 'In memory of Captain John Marshall, 4th Light Dragoons. Died 30th September 1855.' A water-colour painting of him in uniform, painted by J. Gilbert in 1854, is in the possession of the Regimental Museum. M16/1098 Private John Doyle, 8th Hussars, a confirmed charger whose horse was wounded and who himself had a lucky escape: 'That night when I opened my cloak, I found 23 bullets in it. There were five buttons blown off my dress jacket, the sling of my sabretache were cut off, but my sword belt were not touched. I also had the right heel and spur blown off my boot. It was a long and terrible charge' CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol ( . . . .oyle, 8th Husrs.) contemporary engraved naming but some loss due to heavy edge bruising; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (John Doyle, 8th Hussars); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed, the first two with heavy edge bruising and contact wear, fine or better, the last very fine (3) £3000-3500 John Doyle was born in Dublin and enlisted into the 8th Hussars at Newbridge on 22 February 1850. He was present on Horse Guard Duty at the 1851 Exhibition and also at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in 1852. He embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. Wilson Kennedy on 2 May 1854, and was present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava and Inkermann, and at the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain in the October 1857, and served at Kotah during the Central India campaign. He returned to England aboard the St Lawrence and was discharged, 'Second period of service expired', from Longford on 2 December 1873. He was living in Liverpool in 1875 and his memoirs, entitled A Descriptive Account of the Famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, were published in Manchester in 1877. Of the charge he wrote: 'We charged under a most terrific fire from cannon and musketry; on our right were three tiers of guns, and the infantry as thick as they could be placed; and on our left was one tier of guns, and infantry in masses, so that the shot and shell, grape canister, and musketry came upon us like hail. We had not advanced far, when a comrade on my right, named Heffern, was struck by a shell which exploded at the time, blowing his body into the air, but his hips remained for a long time after in the saddle. I was covered with his remains. Lennan, who brought the dog "Jemmy" with him, was riding on my left, when a round shot struck him on the left side of the head, and I got another splash from him. His body remained in the saddle for some time. My horse got a bullet through his nose, above the noseband, which caused him to lose a great deal of blood, and every time he gave his head a chuck the blood spurted over me. That night when I opened my cloak, I found 23 bullets in it. There were five buttons blown off my dress jacket, the sling of my sabretache were cut off, but my sword belt were not touched. I also had the right heel and spur blown off my boot. It was a long and terrible charge.' Doyle was a member of the Balaclava Commemoration Society in 1879. An interesting letter from him appeared in the Army and Navy Gazette in January 1891, in which he contested the fact that Captain James Hefferon had taken part in the charge at Balaklava: 'Sir, — I observed in a copy of the Army and Navy Gazette, dated the 20th of December last, that James Hefferon, late of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, was a trumpeter, and sounded the "Charge" of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on the 25th October 1854. This is wrong. Captain Hefferon joined the 8th Hussars at Brighton in 1850, coming from the Duke of York's School and going into the Band, in which he remained as acting-trumpeter, until the regiment all met together at Exeter in 1854, when the Band was broken up. James Hefferon went as a duty soldier, remaining as such during the Crimean War. We were at Bidea when we took Prince Woronzoff's cellars and a large amount of stores. We were then despatched 20 miles out from Bidea to capture a spy, whom we secured, and going around by a zig-zag road he broke away from the escort. I jumped out of the saddle, fired at him and struck him in the thigh. J. Hefferon was with the rear-guard. On our arrival back at Bidea, Hefferon, on entering the lines, dismounted, laying his carbine against the picket-ropes, and when in the act of lifting it off again it went off, and the bullet went through his hand. His brother, Thomas, was shot on my right during the Charge; a shell met him and exploded and blew his body into the air [see above account]. James Hefferon came to me that night from the hospital outside Balaclava, asked me what had become of his brother, Tommy, and I told him. He was not a trumpeter in the Crimea on the day of the Charge at Balaclava and was not in the Charge at all, he being in the Balaclava Hospital. I write this simply to correct an error.' John Doyle died in Liverpool on 14 August 1892 and was buried in Anfield Cemetery, interred in a public grave in the Roman Catholic Division. Known locally, for some unknown reason, as 'Darby, the Devil', Doyle was buried without a formal military ceremony, a fact that caused several letters of indignation to be published in the local press, the following extract being an example from one of them: 'Britain's Old Soldiers Gentlemen, — While Britain allows its old soldiers to drag out their lives in the workhouse. "T. F. S." in your issue of yesterday need not wonder at the powers-that-be refusing to permit a military funeral in the case of the late John Doyle. Had he been one of our city fathers, a big brewer, or even one of our volunteers, mighty efforts would doubtless have been made to render his final obsequies as imposing as possible. But John Doyle had only been "One of the Six Hundred", who made the greatest battle charge the world has ever heard of, or probably ever will again. It is a national disgrace that the fast dwindling remnants of that noble Light Brigade should be shown at their country's hands such indifference, alike in life as in death, and it may yet occur to some that had it not been for the inspiration of a Tennyson the remembrance of that noble charge would have long since been well-nigh forgotten. We scatter money broadcast in pensions for our scientists, our authors and so forth, but I wonder whether they have not had more chance than "Tommy Atkins" in putting by something for the evening of life. We hear about the inefficiency of the Army, but I venture to predict that whilst our worn-out soldiers receive such wretched treatment, not all the Royal Commissions in the world will avail in elevating the standard of our rank and file . . . Walton, August 2nd, 1892. W. R. Williams.' M16/1102 Farrier-Major Michael Cummings, 8th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Michl. Cummings 8th Husrs.) contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Ml. Cummings, 8th Hussars); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1386. F. Maj: M. Cumming, 8th Hussrs.); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor's copy by 'J.B.' ( . . . Cummins 8th Huss) suspension re-fixed on the first two, the Crimean awards with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine, the L.S. & G.C. very fine (4) £450-500 Michael Thomas Cummings was born in Clerkenwell, London, and enlisted for the 8th Hussars at Westminster on 10 August 1854, aged 17. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 24 July 1855, having left the Newbridge Cavalry Depot on the 18th of June. He is shown as one of the seventy other ranks who, under Captain James Naylor and two subalterns, were sent on 29 October 1855 to form the escort to General Simpson and to find all the orderlies for the various Divisions. This escort replaced that under Captain Chetwode, which had been escort to Lord Raglan, but had rejoined the regiment after the latter's death. Cummings embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain in October 1857. He was promoted to Farrier, ranking as Sergeant in November 1861, and to Farrier-Major, on the Staff of the Regiment, in October 1862. Having returned to England aboard the St Lawrence in January 1864, he was in confinement from 23rd to 25th of August, and tried by a Regimental Court-martial on 26 August 1864, being reduced to Private and imprisoned in cells to the 6th of October 1864. He was reinstated as Farrier in May 1865, and re-engaged for 12 years' further service at Birmingham on 21 March 1867. Promoted to Farrier- Major in January 1875, he was discharged from Aldershot on 14 November 1876, 'at his own request, free to pension after 21 years service.' He was then aged 38 and had served in Turkey and the Crimea for 9 months, and in India for 7 years. Unusually, having been tried by Court Martial, he had been awarded to L.S. & G.C. medal, without gratuity, in November 1875. His discharge papers noted that, 'His character has been very good, and he was when promoted in possession of four good conduct badges and would, had he not been promoted now be in possession of four good conduct badges. He is in possession of the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, the Turkish medal and the Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India, also the Good Conduct medal. His name appears six times in the Regimental Defaulters' book. He has been once tried by Regimental Court-martial.' M16/1104 Private William Searle, 8th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Wm. Searle 8th Husrs.) contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Wm. Searle, 8th Hussars); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (No 1289. Pte. Wm. Searle. 8. Hs.) fitted with 'Crimea' suspension, the last blistered on the reverse, otherwise very fine (3) £350-400 William Searle was born at Rockbeare, near Exeter, and enlisted at Exeter into the 8th Hussars on 15 April 1854. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 14 July 1855, taking part in the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain in the October 1857, and served at Kotah during the Central India campaign. Searle was discharged 'time expired' from Aldershot on 14 April 1866. M16/1107 Cornet James Baker, 8th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, tailor's copy clasp (Cornet James Baker, 8th Hussars); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor's copy by 'J.B.', both medals with impressed naming similar in style to that found on I.G.S. medals for the North West Frontier to the 7th Hussars, good very fine (2) £250-300 James Baker was appointed Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards on 18 November 1853, and transferred, as Cornet, to the 8th Hussars on 22 December 1854. He joined the regiment in the Crimea aboard the Golden Fleece on the 14 July 1855 and served in the Eastern campaign, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He was the senior Cornet when he went on leave on 15 May 1856, and had not rejoined the regiment by the 30th of September of that same year, after which date he is no longer recorded. He resigned, by the sale of his commission, on 1 August 1856. M16/1108 Private Joseph Brunton, 11th Hussars, killed in the charge at Balaklava CRIMEA 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Balaklava (Joseph Brunton. 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, good very fine £6000-7000 Ex Macphail Massie Collection, September 1961, and J. B. Hayward, March 1970. Joseph Brunton was born at Leeds, Yorkshire, and enlisted at there into the 11th Hussars on 21 December 1843, aged 18, a groom by trade. He was tried by a District Court-martial at Nottingham in February 1852 for 'being absent — and losing his necessaries' and sentenced to 112 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. He was tried by a Regimental Court-martial in September 1854 for 'disobedience of orders' and this time sentenced 'to be given 50 lashes.' Joseph Brunton embarked with his regiment for the Crimea and was killed in action at Balaklava, 25 October 1854. M16/1109 Private David Purcell, 11th Hussars, killed in the charge at Balaklava CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (David Purcell. 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, good very fine £6000-7000 David Purcell was born in London and enlisted originally into the 3rd Light Dragoons in London on 16 August 1849, regimental No. 1924. He served with the regiment in India for a period, before transferring to the 11th Hussars on 1 July 1853. David Purcell embarked with the 11th Hussars for the Crimea and was killed in action at Balaklava, 25 October 1854. M16/1110 Corporal George Glanister, 11th Hussars, later 2nd Dragoon Guards CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Balaklava, Sebastopol, clasps in order listed, some unofficial rivets (G. Glanister, 11th Hussars) contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Corpl. G. Glanister, 2nd Dragn. Gds.); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (G. Glanister, 11th Hussars) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine or better (3) £600-700 George Glanister was born at Finedon, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and enlisted into the 11th Hussars at Hounslow on 24 July 1849, aged 19, a Groom by trade. Promoted to Corporal in May 1854, he went to the Crimea from Newbridge Depot on 24 July 1854. He was sick at Scutari from 1 April and sent to England from Abydos Hospital on 14 June 1855. Glanister transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards at Hounslow on 30 April 1857, with regimental No. 315, and embarked for India aboard the Blenheim. He served in the "eld at Korsee, 23 March 1858, Newabgunge, 13 June 1858, and at Nusserapore, 24 June 1858. Invalided to England in January 1862, he joined the Depot in April 1862 from Gravesend. He was then discharged, 'Twelve years limited service expired', from Maidstone on 7 May 1862. He re-enlisted into the 1st Dragoon Guards at Manchester on 18 November 1862, with regimental No. 615. His former service in the 2nd Dragoon Guards and the 11th Hussars was allowed to reckon for pension purposes, vide War Office letter dated the 14th of June 1862. George Glanister was "nally discharged from Ballincollig on 12 September 1870, with a total service of 19 years 363 days, including 1 year 1 month in Turkey and the Crimea, 4 years 5 months. According to the medal rolls for the Crimea medal he is entitled to clasps for Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol only. However, a photograph still in possession of the family of George Glanister, in civilian clothes and wearing his medals, apparently shows all four clasps. His younger brother, James, also served in the 11th Hussars in the Crimea and was severely wounded in the charge. George Glanister died on 9 June 1898 at his home, No. 17 George Street, Mossley, aged 67. He was buried in St. George's Churchyard, Mossley, on the 15th of June, and a full report of the funeral appeared in the Liverpool Herald for the 18th of June 1898. M16/1124 Private George Henry Green, 11th Hussars, a possible charger at Balaklava CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Balaklava, Sebastopol, clasps in order listed, some unofficial rivets (1475. G. H. Green. XIth P.A.O. Hussars) regimentally impressed naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (1495 Corpl G. H. Green XI PAO Hussars) regimentally impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-1000 George Henry Green was born at Leicester and enlisted for the 11th Hussars at London on 11 January 1850, a Servant by trade, aged 18. He served in Turkey and the Crimea for 1 year 10 months, receiving the medal with four clasps and the Turkish medal. The muster roll for October 1854 records him as 'mess waiter', while those for the following two months record 'in hospital' and 'sick at Scutari' respectively. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is possible that he may have taken part in the charge at Balaklava. The musters show him still at Scutari for the "first three months of 1855. In February/March 1856 he is shown as batman to Colonel Yates Peel. He was promoted to Corporal in March 1859, to Sergeant in November 1860, and was discharged 'by claim' from Dublin on 11 June 1862. M16/1133 Private Thomas Thorburn, 11th Hussars, a possible charger at Balaklava CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (T. Thorburn. 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (Thos Thorburn XI PAO Hussars) regimentally impressed naming, heavy contact wear on right of Queen's head, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1200-1500 Thomas Thorburn enlisted into the 11th Hussars at Hulme Barracks, Manchester, on 3 November 1847, aged 18. The regimental muster rolls show that he was on duty with the service troops in the Crimea for the entire period from January 1854 to March 1856, and that during this time he was on 'Letter Duty' in December 1854 and January 1855, and at Scutari in April 1855. The medal rolls confirm entitlement to all four clasps and, therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is possible that he may have taken part in the charge at Balaklava. He was discharged at Birmingham, 'by claim, time expired', on 28 December 1859. M16/1134 Private Henry Lawes, 11th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Hy. Lawes, 11th Hsrs) regimentally engraved naming, good very fine £400 -500 Henry Lawes was born at Bray, near Maidenhead, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 11th Hussars at Hounslow on 22 November 1849, aged 19, a Blacksmith by trade. He was at Scutari General Depot from 7 August 1854 and sent to Varna on the 29th of August. The Balaclava period muster roll states 'in Hospital'. He was invalided to Chatham from the Crimea on 19 April 1856, and discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on 22 July 1856, being 'Unfit for further service. Is unable to walk without a crutched stick and suffers a great deal from pain in the left hip. There is also a wasting on that side and a very limited action of the joint. The result of a severe injury — a horse falling on him whilst he was shoeing it — he states that, "having hold of the horse's foot it sprang to one side and he was dragged with it, and then the horse fell on him." This is by his own statement. The accident happened on the 7th of March 1856.' He had served a total of 6 years 155 days, including 2 years in Turkey and the Crimea. The medal rolls confirm all three clasps. M16/1137 Private Alexander William Flemming, 11th Hussars, who died in the Crimea Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (A. Flemming. 11th Dragns.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £450-500 Alexander William Fleming/Flemming was born at Woolwich, London, and enlisted for the 11th Hussars in London on 22 August 1854. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 23 May 1855, taking part in the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He died of diarrhoea at Camp Kadikoi on 26 August 1855, and was buried in the 11th Hussars Cemetery on the road between Kadikoi and Karani. M16/1138 Private Edward Goodman, 11th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Edward Goodman. XIth P.A.O. Hussars) regimentally impressed naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (1804 E Goodman XI PAO Hussars) regimentally impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, good fine or better (2) £350-400 Edward Goodman was born at Rainham, near Packenham, Norfolk, and enlisted into the 11th Hussars at King's Lynn on 14 December 1854, aged 19, a Weaver by trade. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 25 May 1855. He was tried by a Regimental Court-martial for 'being asleep on his post', and imprisoned from the 13th of December to the 12th of February 1856. He re-engaged for 12 years further service on 11 October 1863, and was sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the Regiment went to India on 25 June 1866, he himself joining the regiment in India on 12 October 1869. He left Umballa in November 1877, embarking aboard H.M.S. Malabar at Bombay for England on 6 December 1877. He was discharged from Colchester, 'having completed his second term of twelve years' service', on 16 April 1878, being then 'in poor medical health. Has lately been suffering from dyspepsia and ulcers, due considerably to the climate in India.' He served a total of 23 years 56 days, including 1 year in Turkey and the Crimea, and 7 years 1 month in India. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 1 April 1875, with a gratuity of £5. M16/1141 Veterinary Surgeon Paul Anthony, 11th Hussars CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Paul Anthony. V.S. P.A.O. 11th Hussars) contemporary engraved naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, named as before, fitted with Crimea suspension, edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £350 -400 Paul Anthony was born at Bakewell, Derbyshire, on 8 December 1833. He qualified at the Royal Veterinary College, London, on 11 May 1853, and was appointed Probationary Veterinary Surgeon in the 11th Hussars on 19 April 1854. He served the Eastern campaign from 6 August 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol. Anthony was court-martialled at Dublin in May 1861 for 'neglect of duty' and was severely reprimanded. He was again court-martialled at Dublin in May 1862 for 'conduct un-becoming to the character of an officer and a gentleman . . . By calling a brother-officer a cur and a liar and striking him a blow in the face.' He was found guilty and, in consequence, sentenced to be 'dismissed the service'. He died of fungus haematodis at Bakewell on 16 June 1866, aged just 32, and was buried in Bakewell Cemetery. M16/1143 Private George Smith, 11th Hussars, who died in the Crimea CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. G. Smith. 11th Husss.) contemporary engraved naming, edge nicks and bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £250-300 George Smith was born at St Pancras, London, and enlisted into the 11th Hussars in London on 27 May 1854, aged 21, a Porter by trade. He joined the regiment in the Crimea on 25 May 1855, just in time to partake in the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He died at Kadikoi on 11 December 1855, and was buried in the 11th Hussar cemetery on the road between Kadikoi and Karani. The medal roll states, 'Cancelled medal sent to father at Saltford, near Bath, on 8th September 1858.' M16/1145 Private John Jay, 13th Light Dragoons, a possible charger at Balaklava who died in the Crimea CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. J. Jay. 13th Lt. Dragns.) contemporary engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £600-700 John Jay was born at Guildford and enlisted there into the 13th Light Dragoons at Guildford on 3 May 1846, aged 18. He served with the regiment throughout the campaign in the Crimea and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is possible that he may have taken part in the charge at Balaklava. He was sent to Scutari on 4 December 1855 and died in the General Hospital there on the 8th of the same month. M16/1147 Private Henry Bennett, 17th Lancers, later Staff Sergeant in the Commissary Department CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Henry Bennett. 17th Lans.) contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Corpl. Hy. Bennett. 17th Lancers); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £500-600 Henry Bennett enlisted for the 17th Lancers in London on 11 March 1851, aged 18. He saw service in the Crimea at Sebastopol before being sent to the General Depot at Scutari on 12 October 1854 and to Abydos Hospital on the 28th of November. He was invalided to England aboard the City of Norwich in March 1855 and sent to Chichester 'on furlo' from the Brighton Depot in May 1855. He rejoined the regiment in Ireland on its return from the Crimea in June 1856, and embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain on 8 October 1857. He was promoted to Corporal in February 1858. Whilst on field service in India he served at Rajghur and Mungrowlee with Captain William Gordon, and was promoted to Sergeant in March 1860. He re-engaged for a further term of 12 years' service at Secunderbad in April 1863, and was reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on 4 January 1864. He volunteered to the 18th Hussars on 30 November 1864, regimental No. 1247, and joined the regiment, 21 January 1865. He transferred, as 'Effective Supernumerary' in the rank of Staff Sergeant, to the Commissariat Department in January 1866. Bennett committed suicide at Bangalore, India, on 11 December 1866, aged 34. He was stated to have been 'under temporary insanity', and was buried in St Andrew's (Scotch) Cemetery at Bangalore on the following day. M16/1156 Private Richard Pilgrim, 17th Lancers CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1305. Pte. R. Pilgrim, 17th Lancrs.); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension, some edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £250-300 Richard Pilgrim was born at Southwell, near Nottingham, and enlisted at London on 28 August 1854, aged 23, a Butcher by trade. He joined the regiment in the Crimea from Cork on 20 June 1855, taking part in the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He embarked for India from Cork aboard the S. S. Great Britain on 8 October 1857, where, from July to September 1858, he was on detachment at Sholapoore but not entitled to the Indian Mutiny medal. He re-engaged for 12 years' further service at Aldershot in September 1866 and was discharged from Dublin on 26 August 1875, at 'Own request, after 21 years service.' He was then aged 44 and had served a total of 20 years 364 days, including 10 months in Turkey and the Crimea, and 7 years 1 month in India. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 22 November 1875. M16/1163 Trumpet-Major Martin Leonard Lanfried, 17th Lancers, who reputedly sounded the 'Charge' and was wounded at Balaklava CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Trumpeter M. L. Landfried. 17th Lancs.) contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Trumpt. Majr. Martin Landfried. 17th Lancers); VOLUNTEER FORCE L.S., V.R., unnamed as issued; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (M. L. Lanfried. 17th Lancers) regimentally impressed naming, the campaign medals #tted with silver ribbon buckles, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine or better (4) £8000-10000 Martin Lanfried/Landfried was born in Gibraltar on 25 August 1834, and is said to be the son of Bandmaster Leonard Lanfried of the 60th Rifies. He was enlisted into the 17th Lancers at Dublin on 10 November 1844, by 'Special Authority, and to go to the Band'. He was then aged 14 and paid a bounty of £2/2/0. On 9 June 1854, he was appointed Trumpeter in Captain Webb's "D" Troop. He was shot through the right arm during the action of Balaclava, the bullet, striking his pouch, glanced off and killed his horse. He was brought out of action by 1149 Private James Mustard, an act that kept them in close friendship all their lives. Every signed copy of the Balaclava Dinner menus seen have their signatures next to each other. Lanfried was sent to Scutari on 26 October 1854, and was invalided from there to Chatham Invalid Depot aboard the Sultana on 21 December 1854. He was then sent to the Brighton Depot on the 10th of May 1855, before rejoining the regiment at Cahir, Ireland, on 1 June 1856. He appeared before Queen Victoria in the Mess-Room at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on 3 March 1855. He was promoted to Trumpet-Major, vice Henry Joy, on 7 October 1857, and embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain on the following day. In India he was in action against the rebels at Zeerapore on 29 December 1858 and at Baroda on 1 January 1859. He was reduced to Private by a Regimental Court- martial on 29 January 1860, and promoted to Trumpet-Major again on 22 September 1860. Returning to England, he was discharged, 'time expired', from Colchester on 27 May 1865, having served 12 years 228 days, to count. In his later life he gave the reason for his leaving the Army as, having passed through Kneller Hall, he had been offered a position as a Bandmaster in a Foot Regiment (said in his obituary to have been the 43rd Foot) but had no wish to leave the Cavalry. Lanfried attended the #rst Balaclava Banquet in 1875, was a member of the Balaclava Commemoration Society in 1879, signed the Loyal Address to the Queen in 1887, and was present at the Annual Dinners in 1892-93-95-97 and 1899. He was likewise present at the Jubilee celebrations given by T. H. Roberts in his Fleet Street offices in June of 1897, and also signed the testimonial given to Mr. Roberts on that occasion. Martin Lanfried died on 8 December 1902, when living at No 4 Portland Road, Hove, Sussex. He was buried in Hove Cemetery on 13 December 1902, with full military honours. His grave bears the following inscription on the stone erected over it: 'Here lies a soldier of the King and of the King of Kings. Martin Leonard Landfried, Who from his 15th year he served his country in the 17th Lancers at Sevastopol, the Alma, Balaclava — sounding the charge at the latter engagement — and in the Indian Mutiny, and retiring as Trumpet-Major in 1865. Joined the 1st Sussex R.G.A. (Vols.), becoming Bandmaster in 1890. Born 25th August 1834. Died 8th December 1902. God grant that he may sleep sound from the "Last Post" until "Reveille". This monument was erected by the Officers, Non. Com. Officers & Gunners, 1st Sussex R.G.A. (Vols.)' In January of 1977 a programme was broadcast in New Zealand on the Centenary of Thomas Edison and the subject of sound recording. One of the items broadcast was a recording made in or about 1890 of Trumpeter Martin Lanfried of the 17th Lancers sounding the Charge on a bugle which he said had been used at both Waterloo and Balaclava. In this recording he can be heard sounding the 'Charge' and says: 'I am Trumpeter Lanfried. One of the surviving trumpeters of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. I am now going to sound the bugle that was sounded at Waterloo, and sound the charge as was sounded at Balaclava on that very same bugle, on the 25th of October, 1854.' A female voice then says, 'Record made at Edison House, Northumberland Avenue, London, August 2nd, 1890.' On 27 October 1890 a special Variety Performance was given and The Times subsequently reported that: 'At a given moment, some of the famous "Six Hundred" to the number of 30 or 40, appeared on the stage, when Trumpeter Landfried sounded the "Charge" as he did on October 25th 1854, whereupon Mr. Charles Warner came forward and recited Lord Tennyson's poem, with much feeling. The veterans, who appeared in civil garb, were loudly cheered, and by way of response, they waved their hats and shouted "Hurrah".' To hear this actual recording please go to the following internet link: http://chargeofthelightbrigade.com/allmen/allmenL/allmenL_17L/lanfried_m_986_17L.html M16/1212 TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue (2), both unnamed as issued, one with usual ring for suspension, the second with replacement claw and ring suspension, very fine (2) £120-140 SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS M16/1213 TURKISH CRIMEA 1855 (2), British issue, unnamed; Sardinian issue, unnamed, both fitted with usual rings for suspension, the first nearly very fine, the second very fine (2) £120-140 Back to the top of this page . . .