John Doyle (soldier)

John Doyle (soldier)

John Doyle, (abt. 1828 - August 1892) was an Irishman who served in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (a light cavalry unit) as a Private soldier during the Crimean War and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Doyle was born at Birr, Ireland, about 1828 and died at Liverpool, England in August, 1892.

Doyle enlisted in the British Cavalry at Newbridge, Ireland in 1850. His brother, Patrick, had signed up as an infantryman and died when his transport, HMS Birkenhead struck a reef off Cape Agulhas, S.A.

He rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Survived lightly wounded, uncaptured.

Fought at four major Crimean War battles: Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.

Member of the Balaclava Commemoration Society.

Published a memoir of his service titled "A Descriptive Account of the Famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava" in Manchester, 1877.

References

*U.K. Census 1851, District Cavalry Barracks, Preston, Sussex [H.O. 107 1647]
*cite news|title=Liverpool "Echo"|date=13 Aug, 1892 - Military Deaths Section
*cite book|title=Honour the Light Brigade|year=1973|author=Canon William Lummis and Kenneth G. Wynn
*cite book|title=Three Chose War|year=1979|author=Geoffrey Moore


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