[CHAPTER VI.]

Numerical List of Killed and Wounded in the various Regiments forming the Crimean Army—Loss of the Light and Second Divisions—Loss by Neglect, Hardships, and Starvation—List of the Regiments that formed the various Divisions of the Army—After the Siege—A Dreadful Explosion in the Camp and its consequences—Lieut. Hope and the Fusiliers again leading to almost certain death—A Peep behind the Scenes—Lines on Miss Florence Nightingale—My letter of 26th December, 1855, to my Parents—Concluding Remarks, and Return Home to be nearly Killed with Kindness—Irish Anecdotes—The Royal Fusiliers—A sketch of the “Holy Boys”—The Connaught Rangers not to be despised—Lines on the Campaign.

THE BRITISH KILLED AND WOUNDED.

The following tabular statement will, I feel confident, prove of much interest. The facts and figures it contains are from official records, and will show upon what regiments the brunt of the fighting fell throughout that arduous campaign, from the 14th September, 1854, until the 8th of September, 1855, or, in other words, from our landing till the fall of Sebastopol.

Those regiments marked with the letters LD. formed the Light Division, and those marked 2nd formed the 2nd Division. The reader will be able to see at once by their losses that the brunt of the fighting fell upon those two Divisions. A number of men fell afterwards by the fire from the enemy across the harbour; and again the old Light Division sustained heavy loss at the explosion of the right siege train in November, 1855, which is not included in these figures.

I have never been able to ascertain the exact loss of our blue jackets and marines, which was very heavy; they fought well all through the campaign, as they always do, and helped to acheive the crowning victory—the capture of Sebastopol.

REGIMENTS.Killed.Wounded.Missing.
OST pR FOST pR FOST pR FG T
frr ea ifrr ea ifrr ea ir o
fgu tn lfgu tn lfgu tn la t
itm ek eitm ek eitm ek en a
rs- r&rs- r&rs- r&d l
s s s s s s
Staff 9.........29.....................38
1st King’s Dragoon Guards[A].....................4............4
4th Royal Irish Guards[B].........1...2...13............16
5th Dragoon Guards[B].........23......9............14
6th Carabineers[A].........1.........4............5
1st Royal Dragoons[B]1......1241115............34
2nd Scots Greys[B].........1445...48............71
4th Hussars[C]2532421...33.........676
6th Inniskillings[B]11...821...14............27
8th Hussars (Royal Irish)[C]23...2832119.........866
10th Hussars[A]............1......6.........29
11th Hussars[C]22...3633131.........1189
12th Lancers[A].....................2............2
13th Hussars[C]3312532116...1...661
17th Lancers3113253238...111299
Royal Artillery1210...942622...428............592
Engineers121...29168...701.........137
Land Transport.....................3............3
Ambulance Corps.....................3............3
3rd Batt. Grenadier Guards 5315115161348.........30470

REGIMENTS.Killed.Wounded.Missing.
OSD mR FOSD mR FOSD mR FG T
frr ea ifrr ea ifrr ea ir o
fgu rn lfgu rn lfgu rn la t
itm sk eitm sk eitm sk en a
rs-&rs-&rs-&d l
s s s
1st Batt. Coldstream Guards104128871210...1...53323
1st Batt. Scots Fus. Guards42...8224202300.........19453
1st Batt. 1st Foot 1......1535...74............98
2nd Batt. 1st Foot ...1...1375192............119
3rd Foot (Buffs)[A] [2nd]16...4413163224.........2310
4th Foot 1......2643...122.........2159
7th Royal Fusiliers[LD]141527836343429.........18632
9th Foot (Holy Boys)[A]1......725...83............98
13th Foot[A]21...14461112.........6147
14th Foot[A].........10...2...46............58
17th Foot[A]11...2048...108.........1143
18th Royal Irish[A]11...501126...270.........1360
19th Foot[LD]4417620153419.........7549
20th Foot 11...2413172171...1...29259
21st N.B. Fusiliers 11...31918...80...1113153
23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers[LD]117111620247398.........46634
28th Foot1......20831481......384
30th Foot[2nd]81210120154363.........1515
31st Foot[A]22...1416186............112
33rd Foot[LD]55...9623252350.........3510
34th Foot[A] [LD]52...66172243082......10436
38th Foot24...22812...212.........5265
39th Foot[A]1......3...2...42............48
41st Foot[2nd]87...11616274387.........16581
42nd Highlanders[D]1......20251111.........1141
44th Foot5322410132169.........7235
46th Foot[A]11...9451100.........12133
47th Foot[2nd]24...491361246...1...8330
48th Foot[A].........625...54.........168
49th Foot[2nd]4514412203279...1...11370
50th Foot (Blind Half Hundred)23...36431792......9141
55th Foot[2nd]51...6820231366............493
56th Foot[A]......37611...8.........313
57th Foot (Die Hards)51014511211224...2...11323
62nd Foot[A] [2nd]6312474...11711......175
63rd Foot4......171092111.........39153
68th Foot5......23442114...4......195
71st Highlanders[A]1......1422...27............46
72nd Highlanders[A].........621...47............56
77th Foot[LD]57...618181242...1...11354
79th Highlanders[D]1......827...52............70
82nd Foot[A] [2nd]...Not Engaged
88th Connaught Rangers[LD]67...6218272332.........21475
89th Foot[A].........2...4...771.........84
90th Foot[A] [LD]41...241715...236...4...33334
93rd Highlands[D]1......161411061.........130
95th Foot[2nd]77...6920211271.........3399
97th Foot[A] [LD]632431116...220...4...36341
1st Batt. Rifle Brigade26152671214...3...10302
2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade[LD]59...8115227462.........8609
Loss of the Light Division6560670318521829339651221934874
Loss of the Second Division3934451512113217225323...513171