4th Hussars: K-O
The Muster Roll is a list of personnel who served in the regiment during this time, providing important insight into the regiment’s history and the men who served. It includes details such as their name, rank, number and medal entitlements.
The 4th Hussars participated in many significant events during this period, including the Crimean War and World War I. Their actions in these conflicts are a testament to the bravery and dedication of the soldiers who served in the regiment.
Through the Muster Roll, we can gain a deeper understanding of the individual experiences of these soldiers and the challenges they faced. It is a valuable resource for historians and researchers alike, shedding light on the daily lives of soldiers and their contributions to British military history.
In conclusion, the Muster Roll of the 4th Hussars between 1850 and 1920 is an essential piece of history that provides valuable insight into the experiences of soldiers in this regiment. It is a reminder of the sacrifices made by these brave men and the crucial role they played in British military history.
| Name | Number | Rank | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane, W | 10383 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 14th of May 1915. |
| Kavanagh, M | 9774 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 27th of April 1915. Promoted to Sergeant. He was then wounded again on the 22nd of March 1918. |
| Kavanagh, T | 13020 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| Kealing, M | 13212 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 7th of June 1917. |
| Kearney, J | 2742 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. 2nd Dragoons. |
| Keating, M | 5404 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of April 1915. |
| Keegan | 1446 | Private | Enlisted: 1849/50. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Wounded in the left leg in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Discharged: 1869. |
| Keen, WR | 4253 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of October 1914. |
| Keenan, W | 1426 | Private | Enlisted: 1849. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Slightly wounded in the Charge: 25th October 1854. To Scutari: 26th October 1854. To England: early in 1855. |
| Keene, JH | 5400 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Keiper, J | 11416 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of May 1915. |
| Keith, Charles James | Lieutenant The Hon. | Enlisted: 1849/50. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Wounded in the left leg in the Charge: 25th October 1854. | |
| Kelly, H | 9933 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 24th of March 1918. |
| Kelly, J | 4690 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 24th of May 1915. |
| Kelly, J | 1454 | Private | Enlisted: March 1850. To England: March 1855. Nothing is further known. |
| Kelly, JW | 1229 | Troop Sergeant Major | Enlisted: 1844. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. French War medal. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854, horse shot. Promoted RSM: 5th November 1854. Cornet: 31st August 1858. Quartermaster: 15th November 1859. Exchanged into 8th Hussars as Quartermaster in 1867. He died in January 1887. |
| Kendall, H | Surgeon | Biography Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Turkish medal, Indian Mutiny medal (clasp for Lucknow). Kendall was present at all major engagements in Crimea, as well as with the Light Cavalry Brigade at Eupatoria. He volunteered for duty in the French Hospital during the typhus outbreak and received thanks from the General-in-Command. He served with the 7th Hussars throughout the Indian Mutiny campaign and was present on all occasions when the Regiment was engaged. He died on the 20th of March 1890 at Burnt Ash Hill, Kent. | |
| Kendricks, J | 1475 | Private | Enlisted: 27th January 1851. From Cavalry Depot, Canterbury: 10th July 1853. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Sevastopol. Died with the Regiment: 16th October 1854. |
| Keogh, L | 13042 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 2nd of May 1915. |
| Keogh, M | 13015 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 5th of November 1914. |
| Kerr, RJ | 4234 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from pneumonia on the 9th of October 1915 aged 39. |
| Kettle, AG | 30460 | Boy | The Great War 1914-18. He died on the 24th of October 1918. |
| Kincaid-Smith, R | Lieutenant | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasps: The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. | |
| King, B | 754 | Private | Enlisted: 1835. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| King, CE | 33550 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 10th of November 1918. |
| King, F | Major | The Great War 1914-18. Frank was made a Companion of The Distinguished Service Order in 1918. He also received the Order of The British Empire and was twice Mentioned in Dispatches. | |
| King, GA | Cornet | Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854. | |
| King, J | 9036 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 16th of February 1915. He was wounded again on the 27th of May 1915. He was wounded for a third time on the 28th of November 1917 before being wounded for a fourth time on the 26th of March 1918. |
| King, T | 1509 | Private | Previously had served 12 years in the 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers. Enlisted 4th Light Dragoons: 8th September 1851. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Taken prisoner in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Repatriated: c. September 1855. Turkish medal. Invalided: 1863. Died: 29th August 1897. |
| Kinge, H | 45263 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He died on the 18th of February 1919 aged 36. |
| Kingswell, C | 6070 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 7th of February 1916. |
| Labbett, R | 1202 | Private | Enlisted: January 1844. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Sevastopol. To Scutari: 23rd September 1854. |
| Lafone, EM | Captain | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasp: Defence of Ladysmith. | |
| Laing, NO | Lieutenant Colonel | The Great War 1914-18. Wounded on 26/3/1918. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919. Mentioned in Dispatches. | |
| Laker, P | 7567 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. |
| Lane, JCA | 3830 | Farrier Sergeant | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasps: Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. Attached to 6th Field Veterinary Hospital. |
| Lane, V | 7356 | Saddler Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 30th of March 1918. |
| Lang, HJ | 1270 | Private | Enlisted: May 1846. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Promoted to Corporal: 1st December 1855. |
| Lang, NO | Lieutenant Colonel | The Great War 1914-18. Neville Lang was made a Companion of The Distinguished Service Order in 1919. | |
| Langley, AE | 1213 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Langley, W | 1487 | Private | Enlisted: 27th May 1851. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. To Scutari: 13th December 1854. Died at Scutari: 28th December 1854. |
| Langton, J | 514 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 20th of September 1916. |
| Larnder, EH | 10257 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 4th of May 1915. |
| Latimer, A | 8397 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 1st of August 1918. |
| Lauder, DG | 1421 | Private | Enlisted: 1849. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Promoted to Corporal: 1st December 1854. |
| Laver, A | 8371 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Despatches. He died from his wounds on the 11th of January 1916 aged 23. |
| Laver, E | 8370 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Law, S | 7540 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. |
| Lawler, GH | 3733 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| Lawlor, W | 45278 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Lawrell, WG | Captain | Exchanged into the 4th Hussars in December 1871. Embarked for South Africa June 1879. South Africa Campaign 1879. South African General Service medal: clasp 1879. Killed at the storming of Sekukuni’s stronghold, South Africa, on the 28th of November 1879. | |
| Lawrence, CM | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Cross in June 1917. | |
| Lay, J | Captain | Biography James William Lay was baptised on the 28th of August 1829 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He enlisted on the 6th of March 1846 into the 4th Queens Own Light Dragoons. After three years, on the 22nd of June he was promoted to Corporal but on the 9th of October 1851 he reverted to Private ‘at his own request’ for reasons unknown. He went to the Crimea in September 1854 and was sent to the General Depot at Scutari on the 18th of September and he re-joined the regiment on the 4th of October 1854. He served with the regiment throughout the Eastern campaign and was in the battles of Balaklava, Inkerman and Tchernaya and the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He was awarded the Crimean War medal with clasps for Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sevastopol and also the Turkish medal. On the 5th of December 1855 he was promoted to Corporal. The regiment spent a year at Brighton on their return from the Crimea in May 1856 and during this year he was promoted to Sergeant. In 1857 the regiment moved to Aldershot and on the 1st of May he was appointed Troop Sergeant Major. The regiment then went to Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham and Manchester before spending five years in Ireland from 1860. On the 7th of November 1865 James was promoted to Cornet while stationed in Edinburgh. He was also appointed as Regimental Adjutant at this time. From 1865 until 1867 the Regiment was in Edinburgh. On the 15th of October 1867 set sail for India, arriving in November 1867. On the 23rd of December 1868 he was promoted to Lieutenant and he continued as Adjutant. James was promoted to Captain on the 4th of November 1874 in Rawalpindi and he relinquished his post as Adjutant. Three years after his promotion Captain James Lay died of consumption on the 16th of December 1877 in Rawalpindi aged 48. | |
| Lees, H | 1474 | Private | Enlisted: 26th January 1851. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. To Scutari: 28th November 1854. |
| Lefeaen, GW | 2706 | Sergeant | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. 2nd Remount Company. |
| Leigh, G | 14181 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of March 1918. |
| Leitch, W | 1467 | Corporal | Enlisted: September 1850. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Promoted to Corporal, vice Ashford: 7th October 1854. Promoted to Sergeant: 17th April 1855. |
| Lemon, D | 642 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Levin, GC | 14221 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. To England on the 31st of December 1915. |
| Levita, FE | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 12th of October 1914. | |
| Lewis, FG | 45216 | Farrier Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Liebrecht, TF | 6877 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 20th of November 1918 and subsequently died two days later aged 25. |
| Light, PF | 1254 | Private | Enlisted: April 1846. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. To Scutari: 29th November 1854. |
| Linser, G | 1589 | Private | Enlisted: 1st February 1854. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Wounded and taken prisoner in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| Litchfield, F | 8122 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 16th of February 1915 and wounded again on the 27th of April 1915. |
| Little, PF | 1572 | Corporal | Enlisted: March 1853. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Promoted to Sergeant: 17th April 1855. |
| Lobb, JH | 2050 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Lonergan, P | 3754 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Despatches. |
| Long, HH | 6747 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Despatches. He was wounded on the 31st of October 1914. |
| Lonsdale, JR | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He died from his wounds on the 29th of October 1914. | |
| Lord, PGF | 16024 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 23rd of April 1918 aged 22. |
| Lovelock, T | 1247 | Trumpeter | Enlisted: 26th March 1854. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Killed in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| Low, A | Captain | Biography Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Sardinian Medal, Order of the Medjidie (4th Class), Turkish Medal, Knight of the Legion of Honour (5th Class), Companion of the Order of the Bath. Low was in the battle of the Alma, and in the Charge at Balaclava, he was said to have killed thirteen Russian gunners. He commanded the 4th Light Dragoons at Inkerman, was present at the Tchernaya, the Seige of Sebastopol and with the Light Cavalry at Eupatoria. He died on the 9th of July 1904 in Geneva. | |
| Lowe, R | 6056 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 30th of March 1918. |
| Lowman, E | 2944 | Private | He died on the 16th of October 1900 at Middelburg. |
| Lucas, T | 1540 | Private | Enlisted: 7th June 1852. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Wounded and taken prisoner in the Charge: 25th October 1854. In the Charge, he got two sabre cuts on the head, one in the hand and five lance wounds in the body. He lost his left arm as a consequence of the wound in his hand. |
| Luke, CW | 10057 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of May 1915. To England on commission on the 8th of October 1918. |
| Lund, W | 1490 | Private | Enlisted: 9th July 1851. Died on board ship: 24th September 1854. |
| Lymbrey, J | 1462 | Private | Enlisted: 27th September 1850. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. At Sick Horse Depot: 5th November 1854. Missing, supposed to be taken prisoner: 10th November 1854. |
| Lynch, J | 1272 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Promoted to Sergeant. He was wounded on the 24th of July 1916. Mentioned in Despatches. Wounded again on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| Lynch, J | 9257 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of October 1914. |
| Lynch, R | 968 | Sergeant | Enlisted: 26th November 1838. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Sevastopol. Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant: 10th July 1854. Killed in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| Lyons, J | 45203 | Saddler Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of March 1918. |
| McAlister, W | 1787 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 18th of February 1916. |
| McBride, R | 7557 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 22nd of August 1914. |
| McCann, T | 13029 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 2nd of May 1915. |
| McCarthy, J | 9581 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from his wounds on the 3rd of May 1915 aged 22. |
| McCracken, A | 10263 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 5th November 1914 and subsequently died on the 14th of May 1915. |
| McCue, T | 4638 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 8th of August 1916. |
| McDonald, F | 1301 | Private | Enlisted: January/February 1847. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Sevastopol. At Scutari: 26th September to 24th November 1854. |
| McDonald, P | 9587 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 7th of September 1914. |
| McGrath, J | 826 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 23rd of March 1918 aged 33. |
| McGregor, G | 1382 | Private | Enlisted: 1848. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854. He assisted Private Robert Grant. French War Medal. The citation for the French medal stated: “For gallant and distinguished conduct in the campaigns of 1854-5. Present at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Traktir, and the Expedition to Eupatoria in October 1855”. |
| McGregor, J | 5080 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Received the Croix de Guerre (Belgian). |
| McGregor, W | 45269 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of March 1918. |
| McKeover, J | 45253 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| McKie, WC | 4673 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of January 1916. |
| McKiernan, P | 1580 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died on the 15th of November 1914. |
| McKlevie, W | 4540 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 25th of October 1914. |
| McLaughlin, M | —– | Private | From 17th Lancers: 1st July 1854. Died: 5th August 1854. |
| McLean, TH | 175 | Squadron Sergeant Major | The Great War 1914-18. To 12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers on commission on the 10th of September 1916. |
| McLean, J | 206 | Squadron Sergeant Major | The Great War 1914-18. To England on commission on the 21st of June 1917. |
| McNeil, J | 1339 | Private | Enlisted: 1847/1848. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| McQuade, T | 90 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| McTaggart, D | 45163 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from pneumonia on the 23rd June 1918. |
| McVann, R | 5399 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of August 1914. |
| McVeagh, J | 906 | Hospital-Sergeant | Enlisted: 1838. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Wounded and horse shot under him in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Became Hospital Sergeant-Major. Turkish medal, Long Service and Good Conduct medal. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in the field in the face of the enemy in February 1855. |
| Mabbett, H | 3273 | Trumpeter | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. He was wounded on the 28th of May 1915 and again on the 10th of August 1918. |
| Mahood, HA | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. | |
| Malcolm, KJ | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 9th of August 1918. | |
| Malone, J | 10644 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 29th of May. |
| Manning, R | 9909 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Marsh, G | 45179 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 10th of August 1918. |
| Marsh, JT | 4823 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from his wounds on the 13th of September 1914. |
| Marshall, AM | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 21st of October 1918. | |
| Marshall, C | 1128 | Private | Enlisted: 20th April 1841. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Killed in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| Marshall, W | 4358 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 5th of November 1914. |
| Marshall, WG | 4550 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 23rd of March 1918 and subsequently died from those wounds on the same day. |
| Marshall, JB | Lieutenant | Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Inkerman, Sevastopol. Died: 20th September 1855 of disease. | |
| Marshman, T | 882 | Private | Enlisted: 1837. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. At Varna: 20th September 1854. |
| Martin, A | 1562 | Private | Enlisted: February 1853. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| Martin, A | 8213 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 15th of May 1915. To 2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment on commission on the 10th of May 1918. |
| Martin, AE | 45267 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| Martin, AE | 3730 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasps: Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek. Awarded King’s South Africa medal. Clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. |
| Martin, C | 9995 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of May 1915. |
| Martin, FW | Cornet | Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Acted as Adjutant. Martin became aide-de-camp to Lord George Paget and remained after the departure of the 4th Light Dragoons to see the last of the Light Cavalry Brigade embarked. He died on the 24th of April 1867. | |
| Martin, JR | 3698 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. Remount Company. |
| Martin, W | 6189 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 21st of July 1915. |
| Mason, GKM | Captain | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Dispatches. He was wounded on the 5th of November 1914. | |
| Mason, W | 45159 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Mathers, C | 18663 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Matthews, A | 9997 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died on the 24th of September 1915 aged 23. |
| Matthews, G | 14248 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. To 10th Btn, Welsh Regiment on commission on the 11th of September 1916. |
| Matthews, H | 10011 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 7th of October 1917. He was wounded again on the 28th of November 1917. Awarded The Military Medal. To England on commission on the 13th of September 1918. |
| Matthews, JF | 3548 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasps: Paardeberg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Cape Colony. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. Attached to 18th Brigade Field Hospital. |
| Matthews, P | 10229 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 21st of November 1914. |
| Matthews, PJ | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 9th of August 1918. | |
| Matthews, W | 7364 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 31st of March 1918 aged 25. |
| Mattine, W | 25055 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| May, WA | 8256 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Despatches. |
| Mayall, JD | 3242 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal. With 2nd Remounts & 2nd Dragoons. Invalided to England: December 1900. |
| Mayow, GW | Lieutenant Colonel | Biography Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Rode in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Sardinian War Medal, Order of the Medjidie (4th Class), Turkish Medal, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and later nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Mayow served as Brigade-Major in the affairs of Bulgansk and Mackenzie’s Farm and the battles of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman. From 20th December 1854 until placed on half-pay he was Assistant Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry Division. In Kinglake’s account of the Charge, he relates how Mayow rallied some survivors of the 17th Lancers, who were led by Sergeant O’Hara. After O’Hara moved off to his left front, Mayow led the men, about fifteen in number, against a body of Russian cavalry in the rear of the guns. He pushed on to some 500 yards in the rear of the Russian battery and met a squadron of the 8th Hussars under Colonel Shewell. The latter took command and extricated the combined force of some seventy men from amongst the enemy. | |
| Meakin, F | 22788 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 7th of February 1916. |
| Meally, T | 1237 | Private | Enlisted: March 1846. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Promoted to Corporal: 17th April 1855. |
| Meddars, F | 1436 | Private | Enlisted: October 1849. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. The Medal Roll notes Medders as being “sent to Captain Morris D.A.Q.M.G.”. |
| Meigh, A | 9970 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 25th of May 1915 and subsequently died on the 30th of May 1915 aged 19. |
| Mepham, J | 1571 | Private | Enlisted: March 1853. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| Meredith, A | 14409 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 5th of June 1917. |
| Merrigan, J | 45177 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from pneumonia on the 8th of November 1918. |
| Miller, W | 3356 | Private | He died on the 9th of March 1900 at Ladysmith. Cause: Enteric fever. |
| Millest, CW | 45277 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. Attached to 19th Corps. |
| Mills, R | 1855 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Mills, WJ | 9787 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 30th of March 1918. |
| Minton, AE | 3529 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 1st of November 1914 aged 27. |
| Mires, CL | 4772 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry. When in charge of bombers he remained in a crater under heavy mortar and bomb fire till only he and one other man remained unwounded, and then assisted to remove the wounded. |
| Mitchell, JW | 10248 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Mitchell, L | 9381 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 27th of April 1915 and again on the 10th of August 1918. |
| Mockett, HB | Major | The Great War 1914-18. | |
| Mollard, F | 14328 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of March 1917. |
| Moloney, J | 1457 | Private | Enlisted: July 1850. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| Moody, H | 1094 | Private | Enlisted: 11th May 1840. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Sevastopol. Killed in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| Moon, JT | 1007 | Private | Enlisted: 1838. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. To Scutari: 1st November 1854. To England: March 1855. He was presented his medal by Queen Victoria on Horse Guards Parade on the 18th of May 1855. |
| Moore, E | 18399 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 2nd of June 1915. He later died from these wounds on the 10th of January 1916. |
| Moore, H | 10025 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 20th of November 1914. |
| Moore, J | 855 | Private | Enlisted: 1837. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| Moore, NH | 14256 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Moore, W | 2900 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. 2nd Remount Company. |
| Morley, G | 1815 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Morphy, W | 8763 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of August 1914. He was wounded again on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| Morris, F | 1703 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Morris, JH | 45271 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Morrison, JW | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Cross in April 1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. One of his party being seriously wounded while still in the enemy’s wire, he and two of his patrol withdrew, carrying the badly wounded man to our own wire under heavy fire, thus preventing the enemy from securing an identification. In thus rescuing a comrade he showed magnificent courage and gallantry. He was killed in action on the 19th of October 1918 aged 20. | |
| Morton, J | 6085 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Mount, J | 1592 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 13th of September 1914. |
| Muller, W | 6611 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 5th of November 1914 aged 21. |
| Mulrenin, R | 9268 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 22nd of May 1915. |
| Munns, T | 45215 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918. |
| Munns, T | 4603 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 28th of August 1914. |
| Murrin, J | 13575 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. To England on commission on the 27th of December 1917. |
| Murray, W | 2784 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. With the 2nd Remount Company, 2nd Dragoons and 3rd Remount Company. |
| Murphy, P | 7547 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 27th of September 1917. |
| Murphy, T | 8550 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 15th of January 1918. |
| Myers, AF | Second Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 31st of Mar 1918. | |
| Myhill, J | 6596 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 30th of October 1914. |
| Nagle, C | 2058 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Nagel, W | 9267 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 21st of May 1915and subsequently died on the 9th of February 1916 aged 22. |
| Neal, U | 2868 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. With the 2nd Remount Company, the 2nd Dragoons and the 8th Hussars. |
| Neale, WC | 9008 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. |
| Neil, T | 1424 | Private | Enlisted: 1849. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| Neill, W | 9008 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 22nd of October 1914. |
| Neilson, W | Lieutenant Colonel | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919. Three times Mentioned in Dispatches. Also received the Order of Karageorge, 4th Class with Swords (Serbian) and the Military Cross (Greek). | |
| Nelson, EA | 2076 | Private | Sudan 1884-5. Awarded the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 – clasp: The Nile 1884-85. Awarded the Khedive Star. He was a member of the Light Camel Regiment detachment. |
| Newberry, DT | 6619 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action on the 5th of November 1914. |
| Newbould, F | 39159 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Newbrey, G | 1104 | Private | Enlisted: 1841. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. At Scutari: 20th September 1854. To General Depot, Scutari: 14th December 1854. |
| Newman, T | 9801 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Nicholas, WJ | 8112 | Lance Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of March 1918 and subsequently died on the same day.. |
| Nicole, J | 26364 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. To England (RAF) on commission on the 18th of April 1917. |
| Noble, J | 14259 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 27th of November 1917. |
| Nolan, P | 6636 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 31st of October 1914. |
| Norman, CG | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. Mentioned in Dispatches. | |
| Normoyle, J | 918 | Private | Enlisted: 21st June 1838. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Balaclava, Sevastopol. Severely wounded in the face and taken prisoner in the Charge: 25th October 1854. According to Farquharson, Normoyle died of his wounds in November 1854. |
| North, A | 4527 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He died from his wounds on the 10th of November 1914 aged 32. |
| North, KC | Lieutenant | The Great War 1914-18. Signalling Officer in August 1914. Twice Mentioned in Dispatches. He was killed in action on the 31st of October 1914. | |
| Northcott, H | 3364 | Private | South Africa 1899-1902. Awarded Queen’s South Africa medal. Clasps: Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast. Awarded King’s South Africa medal – clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. With the 18th British Field Hospital for nursing duties. Slightly wounded at Ladysmith: 21st November 1899. |
| Norton, JC | 9196 | Lance Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 23rd2of March 1918 aged 22. |
| O’Brien, E | 1021 | Private | Enlisted: 1838. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
| O’Brien, E | 1574 | Private | Enlisted: March 1853. To the Cavalry Depot: 10th July 1854. Did not serve in the Crimea. |
| O’Brien, E | 1389 | Private | Enlisted: March 1848/49. To the Cavalry Depot: 10th July 1854. Did not serve in the Crimea. |
| O’Brien, J | 1517 | Private | Enlisted: February 1852. To the Cavalry Depot: 10th July 1854. Did not serve in the Crimea. |
| O’Brien, M | 1461 | Private | Enlisted: 31st August 1850. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Taken prisoner in the Charge: 25th October 1854. |
| O’Brien, P | 1200 | Sergeant | Biography Born in Newin Tipperary, Patrick enlisted into the 4th Hussars on the 5th of January 1871 aged 19. He left England for India on the 18th of October 1872, returning 6 years and 3 months later on the 10th of July 1879. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal in April 1889. Patrick died on the 2nd of December 1939. View his Medal Group. |
| O’Callaghan, J | 8581 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of January 1916. He was later killed in action on the 23rd of March 1918. |
| O’Donnell, E | 16678 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 8th of February 1916. |
| O’Mahony, W | 9253 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 2nd of May 1915 aged 21. |
| O’Neill, M | 1282 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 30th of October 1914. |
| O’Rourke, T | 31850 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 9th of August 1918. |
| O’Sullivan, J | 9949 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was killed in action on the 28th of May 1915 aged 21. |
| O’Toole, J | 45287 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. Awarded The Military Medal. He was wounded on the 26th of March 1918. |
| Oakley, C | 23868 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 10th of August 1918. |
| Ockford, S | 1198 | Troop Sergeant Major | Enlisted: December 1843. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. According to Private Heron, Sergeant Ockford was on guard duty on October 25th 1854. |
| Ogburn, R | 1495 | Private | Enlisted: July 1851. To General Depot, Scutari: 16th September 1854. From Scutari: 4th October 1854. To Scutari: 27th October 1854. |
| Oliver, J | 8813 | Corporal | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 23rd of March 1918. He died on the 11th of August 1920 aged 42. |
| Olley, J | 1543 | Private | Biography Enlisted: 6th November 1852. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Sevastopol. Wounded in the Charge: 25th October 1854. Horse shot. To Scutari: 26th October 1854. Invalided to England: early in 1855. Turkish medal. Died: about the 4th of September 1920. Olley was one of the wounded men seen by Queen Victoria at Brompton Barracks on the 3rd of March 1855. He had lost the sight of his left eye and was noted for discharge. Olley was the last 4th Light Dragoons Survivor of the Charge. At the time of his death, there were three other known survivors, Kilvert and Pennington of the 11th Hussars and Hughes of the 13th Light Dragoons. |
| Oram, C | 1551 | Private | Enlisted: 11th January 1853. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol. Died: 25th November 1854. |
| Orr, J | 10262 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 2nd of September 1914. |
| Osborne, T | 1564 | Private | Enlisted: July 1851. Crimean War 1854-56. Awarded Crimean War medal. Clasps: Sevastopol. To General Depot, Scutari: 16th September 1854. From Scutari: 4th October 1854. To Scutari: 27th October 1854. To England: June 1855. |
| Osborne, W | 1553 | Private | Enlisted: January 1853. Died: 13th September 1854. |
| Othen, SC | 10062 | Sergeant | The Great War 1914-18. |
| Ovenden, C | 45234 | Private | The Great War 1914-18. He was wounded on the 26th of March 1918. |
