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Siege of Sebastopol Despatches Report Heavy Casualties
War Department despatches from Jan 8 to 9 1855 describe siege actions at Sebastopol with rains snow and difficult supply roads. Returns list casualties among regiments including 50th 57th and 34th Foot plus Rifle Brigade and French forces. Major Miller Frampton Byron and others are named among the wounded dead and missing.
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War Department
Duke of Newcastle
Raglan
Sebastopol
Duke
Gibraltar
Her
Lord Raglan
G.C.B
Varin
Battalion Rifle Brigade
J. B.bucknaty Estcourt
War Ormes
Retourn
Caluarties
Royals
Ath Regiment of Foot
Rifle Brigade
J.B. Bucknat
Estcourt
Lord Duke
Inkerman Heights
Welsford
Byron
Gordon
38Th
Waddy
50Th
Miller
Frampton
Clarke
Richard England
D'Allonville
Balaklava
42Nd Regiment
Cameron
Tchernaya
Reruan
1St Royals
Edward Daniels
Foot
Joseph Maddox
2St Foot
William Pearce
46Th Foot
John Thomas
Charles Mulock
Thomas Mulford
62Nd Regiment of Foot
Leighton Gunter
97Th Foot
Robert Turton
23Rd Foot
James M‘mahon
38Rd Foot
Timothy Holroyd
Stephen M‘garry
34Th Foot
George Bloxam
Henry Waits
38Th Foot
Alexander Blair
T. Andrews
J. Howorth
Benjamin Inglefield
James Carmichael
James Collis
Stephen Conolly
Patrick Cooney
Samuel Derming
Timothy Keefe
James Mailey
James Moran
Samuel Thompson
Patrick Thompson
Edward Wood
James Edwards
Thomas M‘grath
John M‘mahon
Charles Murphy
John Nowlan
James
G. Strachan
E. Bowcott
B. Connell
P. M.creagh
T. Hitchin
J. Buckley
R. Barrett
H. Crawshaw
T. T. Maloney
O. Taylor
J. Toker
C. Walsh
M. Nicholson
J. Ward
J. Gormley
J. Darragh