Index of Shrewsbury and North Shropshire Crimean War Veterans Compiled by Helen and Ian Smith with Amendments and Additions by Veronica Bryan-Smith
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Index of Shrewsbury and North Shropshire Crimean War Veterans Compiled by Helen and Ian Smith with amendments and additions by Veronica Bryan-Smith Abbreviations: CR=Crimea; A=Alma; I=Inkerman; S=Sebastopol; TK=Turkish; B=Balaclava; IM=Indian Mutiny Surname Forename Corps Rank Reg.No Medals Born Died Local Connection Other Information 1832 Trowbridge, 31 Oct 1911 Served in India 1857- Adlam Joseph 1st Reg. of Foot Private 3096 CR (A I S), TK Lived in Shrewsbury Wiltshire Shewsbury 1862 Francis 30th Foot CR (I S), TK, Leg 1875, Rhyl, Wounded CR Buried Atcherley Lt Colonel 17 Jun 1827 London Marton Hall, Myddle Topping (Cambridgeshire) d'Hon Denbighshire Gresford, Denbighshire 11 Jan 1904, Charge of the Light 6 Sep 1834, Coleham, Badger George 13th Light Dragoons Private 1545 CR (B I S) Wolverhampton, Brigade. Later promoted Shrewsbury Staffordshire to Sergeant 1832 1903 80th Reg. of Foot Bennett John Major CR (S), TK Wolverhampton, Kingsbridge, Living Bedstone time of marriage (Scots Fusiliers) Staffs Devon Also served in Canada. Blower George 13th Hussars Private 1550 CR (A I B S), TK ca.1835, Shrewsbury Promoted Sergeant 23rd Reg. of Foot 13 Feb 1855 Botwood Thomas Private 3899 CR (A I S) Shrewsbury (Welch Fusiliers) Crimea 19 Dec 1858, Orlando 16 Jul 1831, Knockin Alexandria, Egypt Bridgeman Frederick 2nd Dragoon Guards Captain CR Hall, Shropshire (on return from Cavendish India) 12 Jan 1855 Clack Philip 23rd Reg. of Foot Private 4073 CR (A I S) Shelton, Shropshire Crimea 19 March 1855 Walter 25 March 1832 Acton Corbet 49th Reg. of Foot Captain Marseilles, en Acton Reynald Hall, Moreton Corbet Robert Reynald, Shropshire route home 7 June 1855 MI Leebotwood Church. Corbett Edmund 88th Reg. of Foot Captain 1824 Tettenhall, Staffs Aston Hall, Shropshire Sebastopol Old Rugbeian 1818 Breedon on the 1891 Cross Henry 38th Reg. of Foot Sgt Major 1087 DCM, CR (A I S) 1859-1879 Sgt Shrop. Militia, Shrewsbury Hill, Leics Shrewsbury 13 Nov 1859 William Black Sea with all Storming of Sebastopol Dolton Royal Navy CR (S) ca.1840 Obit.Shrewsbury paper Thomas hands HMS from HMS Maegera Eclipse 1819 Bucknell, Mar 1884 Edwards Edward 1st Batt. Scots Fusiliers Sgt Major 1894 DCM, CR (A B I S) Adj. of Volunteers Shropshire Warwick 30 May 1896 Elam William 17th Lancers Farrier Major 1202 CR (S), TK, IM ca.1831 Edinburgh Inquest into death Shrewsbury 23 Sep 1823 Served 2 years in Crimea Everall Edward Royal Navy CR (S), TK 1909 Deal, Kent Shrewsbury HMS Princess Royal April 1923 Farmer Charles 2nd Batt. 4th Foot Private 1086 CR (S), TK 1837 Tankerville St, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 6 August 1825 Feb 1913 Farley William 1749 Rev.Bryan Godfrey Faussett Vicar of Faussett 44th Reg. of Foot Lt Colonel CR (A I S), TK Nackington, Moor, Binfield, Godfrey Alderley Canterbury, Kent Berks GSW to head at battle of ca.1828 Thurles, Alma. Suffered from Finn Patrick 33rd Reg. of Foot Private 2162 Lived in Wellington, Shropshire for many years Tipperary, Ireland epilepsy after. Army conduct 'Bad' 1879, Alexander 10 Jan 1826, Norwich, Lived Oswestry briefly before and after army Left leg amputated after Gardner 2nd Dragoon Guards Private 1035 CR Warrington, Douglas Norfolk service. Father died in town Balaclava Lancashire 21 Apr 1855 en Gates John 23rd Reg. of Foot Corporal 1834 CR (A S) Shrewsbury route from Crimea Griffiths William 11th Hussars Private 2234 Enlisted Shrewsbury 28 Jan 1855 Griffiths George 23rd Reg. of Foot Private 4383 CR (S) Broseley, Shropshire Crimea Charge of the Light ca.1827 Aghara, 1877, Brigade. Later Guthrie Thomas 4th Light Dragoons Private 1319 CR (A B I S), TK, Abbeyleix, Ireland Shrewsbury Transferred to 1st French War Medal Dragoon Guards Hamlett William 11th Hussars Private 2246 Enlisted Shrewsbury Mar 1885, George Hand Royal Artillery Sergeant 13413 CR (A I S), TK ca.1830, Shrewsbury Llangenny, pos.b.George Parrock Parrock Breconshire 12 Oct 1879 at Severely wounded CR (A B I S), TK, 1815 at Benthall Hall, Harries Thomas 63rd Reg. of Foot Lt Colonel Hanwood, Inkermann. Also served Leg d'Hon, IOM Broseley, Shropshire Shropshire India and Novia Scotia Higgins George 4th Light Dragoons Private 1472 b.Shrewsbury 26 Aug 1855 Johnson John 18th Reg. of Foot ca.1834 Lived Shrewsbury Sebastopol Jones George 11th Hussars 2240 Enlisted Shrewsbury 1820 Stallways, 9 Dec 1854, Jones Henry 17th Lancers Private 1124 Shrewsbury Varna, Crimea 2 May 1860 Jones John 14th Reg. of Foot Corporal Lived Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 18 Mar 1866 at Active service in 10 March 1811 at Kenyon George Royal Navy Commander Grafton Lodge, surpressing slave trade in Pradoe, Shropshire Montford Bridge Congo Kilham George 11th Hussars Private 2239 Shropshire Militia 17 Oct 1920, Wounded Balaclava. 1833, High Ercall, Kilvert John 11th Hussars Corporal 1513 Wednesbury, Later Troop Sgt Major. Shropshire CR (A B S), TK Staffordshire Mayor of Wednesbury 27 Jun 1830 The 10 Feb 1919 Baptised Thomas Thomas Kynnersley Shropshire Militia Captain Council House Leighton Lodge Kynnersley Panting, later Kynnersley Shrewsbury Ironbridge aka T K Gardner Enlisted 1854 Lloyd Edward 23rd Reg. of Foot Private 4402 CR (S) Shrewsbury Severley wounded 1901 ca.1824 Co. Clare, Balaklava, lance & sabre Malone Edward 5th Dragoon Guards Corporal 757 CR (B S), TK reg.Nantwich, Lived Wisaston Rd, Crewe Ireland wounds. Medals at Cheshire Chester Castle Museum Robert 1861, Poona, Maurice Maurice 95th Foot Captain CR (S clasp) TK, IM 1837 India of Bodynfoel Hall, Llanfechain Bap.Selattyn Bonnor dysentery Medlicott William 11th Hussars Private 2229 Shropshire Militia 1823 at Ty Mawr, 22 December s/o Charles Champion Moller, Barrister, Moller John Olaus 50th Reg. of Foot Major Llanfrynach, 1854 of wounds Frankwell, Shrewsbury Breconshire at Sebastopol Enlisted at age 14. Sergeant CR (B I S), Fr War 31 Jan 1830, 25 May 1902, Monks Thomas 6th Reg. of Dragoons 832 Lived Shrewsbury. Shropshire Militia Charge of Heavy Brigade. (Trumpeter) Medal Lancaster, Lancashire Shrewsbury Letter from him pub.The Times 1 Jan 1855 Discharged unfit - chronic ca.1834, Bluntington, 1895, Morgan James 39th Reg. of Foot Private 3684 CR (S), TK Lived Shrewsbury. Shropshire Militia abcess on back. Worcestershire Shrewsbury Shoemaker ca.1837, Ellesmere, 8 Jun 1900, Staff Sergeant Shropshire Morris John 14th Reg. of Foot Sergeant CR, TK Shropshire Shrewsbury Militia Colour Murphy John 23rd Reg. of Foot CR (A I S) 1874 Bur.Shrewsbury Sergeant Oare Allan 11th Hussars Private 2236 Shrewsbury Enlisted 1855 Later served with the Edward 27 May 1824, The 28 Jul 1904, CR, TK, Order of Madras Native Infantry. Owen Henry 105th Reg. of Foot Lieutenant Rectory, Cound, Yeaton Hall, the Medjidie Retired as Major 1 Nov Mostyn Shropshire Baschurch 1863 Wounded. Scutari Hosp Perks Joseph 13th Light Dragoons Private 1719 CR (S) Enlisted Shrewsbury 1855 1822, Newcastle-u- 12 Nov 1862, Plummer Anthony 23rd Reg. of Foot Private 2101 CR (A I S), TK Lived Back Street, Coleham, Shrewsbury Slightly wounded Redan Lyme, Staffs Allahabad, India Potham Robert 11th Hussars Private 2227 Shrewsbury Enlisted 1855 ca.1829, Willey, 18 Jun 1907, Landlord The London Apprentice, Coton Hill, Slightly wounded Preece Henry 4th Dragoon Guards Corporal CR (3 clasps), TK Broseley, Shropshire Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Balaclava Offley 13 Sep 1821, 1884 Portsea, Read Malcolm Royal Navy Captain Almington Hall, Lived Llandinam Hall. Buried Llandinam Hampshire Crewe Market Drayton Roberts Job 8th Hussars Private Welshpool Enlisted 1854 Enlisted 1838 Rode in Rogers Thomas 4th Light Dragoons Private 986 CR (A B S), TK b.Shrewsbury Charge of Light Brigade Slightly wounded Alma ca.1835, Halifax, 1910, Later served 9 years with Shackleton William 4th Light Dragoons Private 105 Yorkshire Shrewsbury 7th Hussars in India Forfeited CR (B I S) and TK because of 27 Jan 1820, Pride Lived 17 Spring Cottages, Ditherington, Also served West Indies Shakespeare William 57th Reg. of Foot Private 1969 persistent Hill, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury and Ionian Islands desertion 1901, Bomere ca.1817, Cucklington, Orderley to Lord Harlech. Sims Stephen 13th Light Dragoons Private 902 CR (S), TK Heath, Coachman, Atcham Vicarage Somerset Also served in India Shropshire Smith Zachariah 11th Hussars Private 1918 Shropshire Present at Alma, 4 May 1894, The Inkermann and 33rd Reg. of Foot 17th 23 Jan 1829, Newport, Court, Erdigg Stanley St John Asst.Surgeon Sebastopol. Retired as Lancers Shropshire Road, Wrexham, Hon. Dep. Surgeon Denbighshire General 1829 Manchester, 1909, Sterrett Thomas 9th Reg. of Foot Captain CR, TK Lancashire Shrewsbury Lived Nofolk Villa, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury 1841 census shows him ca.1831, Knockin, 1927, aged 10 "work at factory" Tilsley George Royal Artillery Sergeant 2955 CR (S), TK Shropshire Shrewsbury with his brothers aged 12 and 8 16 Nov 1908, ca.1820, Stroud, Baltic Campain (?), Tipper William Royal Navy Boatswain Bicton Heath, 2nd wife a Shrewsbury woman. Lived Bicton Gloucestershire Shanghai Shropshire Heath Discharged L/Corp Feb 1815 at Coleham, Served over 25 years inc. Townrow William 11th Hussars Private 797 CR (A B I S), TK Shrewsbury in India, Bulgaria and Crimea 26 Nov 1877, Thomas Troop Sgt. CR (B I S), Fr War Wakefield 6th Reg. of Dragoons 1018 ca.1832, Ireland Green End, Charge of Heavy Brigade Judge Major Medal Whitchurch Watkins Aaron 11th Hussars Private 2235 Shropshire Militia 1 Aug 1903, Also served in the Baltic 1832, Bailey St, Weaver James Royal Navy Surgeon CR (B), TK Southport, Campaign. Obit.BMJ, 8 Oswestry, Shropshire Lancashire Aug 1903 1902, Atcham 1831, Barker St, St Union Served 11 Dec 1854 until Wilding Richard 13th Hussars Private 1717 CR (S), TK Chad's, Shrewsbury Workhouse, 3 Dec 1866 Shrewsbury Enlisted 1855 from Wilkinson Andrew 11th Hussars Private 2228 Shrewsbury Shropshire Militia Williams Daniel 4th Light Dragoons Private 2038 CR, TK b.Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Bap.18 Jan 1824, St ca.1823, Cape of 4th Reg.