Essex Regiment
Men who served in the trenches of Sebastopol from 1854 to 1855
|
Surname
|
First Name
|
Rank
|
|
Watson
|
David
|
Sgt Major
|
|
Reddin
|
Dennis
|
QM Sgt
|
|
1 Company
|
|
McGreggor
|
Alexander
|
Sgt
|
|
Bannon
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
Berryman
|
George
|
Pte
|
|
Canty
|
Dennis
|
Pte
|
|
Carroll
|
John
|
Pte
|
|
Crookshanks
|
Robert
|
Pte
|
|
Duff
|
Bartholemew
|
Pte
|
|
Finn
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
Kerr
|
Robert
|
Pte
|
|
2 Company
|
|
McIlroy
|
John
|
Colour Sgt
|
|
Cullen
|
William
|
Cpl
|
|
Kelly
|
James
|
Pte
|
|
Lemasney
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
3 Company
|
|
Trinder
|
William
|
Sgt
|
|
Drenon
|
John
|
Cpl
|
|
Bird
|
Henry
|
Pte
|
|
4 Company
|
|
Brown
|
Thomas
|
Sgt
|
|
Crook
|
Robert
|
Cpl
|
|
Hilditch
|
Edward
|
Cpl
|
|
McCarter
|
John
|
Pte
|
|
Durr
|
Thomas
|
Drummer
|
|
Bibby
|
Charles
|
Pte
|
|
Carnt
|
Geroge
|
Pte
|
|
Dillon
|
Richard
|
Pte
|
|
Irvine
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
Ledwigge
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
McGuire
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
Sewell
|
Joseph
|
Pte
|
|
Taplin
|
George
|
Pte
|
|
5 Company
|
|
Torpy
|
Patrick
|
Colour Sgt
|
|
Phillips
|
James
|
Sgt
|
|
Shea
|
John
|
Cpl
|
|
Conlan
|
Benjamin
|
Pte
|
|
Dougherty
|
Andrew
|
Pte
|
|
Keefe
|
Christopher
|
Pte
|
|
McGill
|
James
|
Pte
|
|
Mulholland
|
Francis
|
Pte
|
|
Robinson
|
Hugh
|
Pte
|
|
Taylor
|
Lumsden
|
Pte
|
|
Walsh
|
Patrick
|
Pte
|
|
6 Company
|
|
Holland
|
Phillip
|
Colour Sgt
|
|
Bartley
|
John
|
Sgt
|
|
Kelly
|
Oscar
|
Sgt
|
|
Burns
|
Patrick
|
Sgt
|
|
Burnside
|
John
|
Pte
|
|
Donovan
|
Jeremiah
|
Pte
|
|
McGlew
|
Patrick
|
Pte
|
|
Mulholland
|
Richard
|
Pte
|
|
Rigney
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
7 Company
|
|
Murray
|
George
|
Sgt
|
|
Brown
|
William
|
Pte
|
|
Gravett
|
Charles
|
Pte
|
|
Lingwood
|
Edwin
|
Pte
|
|
McCarthy
|
Nicholas
|
Pte
|
|
Mearns
|
Hugh
|
Pte
|
|
Murley
|
John
|
Pte
|
|
Ward
|
Joseph
|
Pte
|
|
8 Company
|
|
McWhitney
|
William
|
Sgt
|
|
Randall
|
Thomas
|
Sgt
|
|
Simpson
|
William
|
Sgt
|
|
Fahey
|
Patrick
|
Cpl
|
|
McCarthy
|
James
|
Cpl
|
|
Brophy
|
Martin
|
Pte
|
|
Crothers
|
Robert
|
Pte
|
|
Finch
|
George
|
Pte
|
|
Graham
|
Robert
|
Pte
|
|
McCarthy
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
Mason
|
Joseph
|
Pte
|
|
Massey
|
William
|
Pte
|
|
Meades
|
James
|
Pte
|
|
Neill
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
Newton
|
William
|
Pte
|
|
Oakland
|
Robert
|
Pte
|
|
Power
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
Rudge
|
Thomas
|
Pte
|
|
Swift
|
Michael
|
Pte
|
|
Weston
|
William
|
Pte
|
|
Woodgate
|
William
|
Pte
|
|
Caharine
|
John
|
Pte
|
Some of the Commanding Officers were killed in action with the Regiment.
Sir Peter Halkett - Killed at Fort du Quesne
James Agnes - Killed at Germantown
David Ogilvie - Died of wounds
Geroge Careton - killed in action at Bergen-op-Zoom
Thomas Mackrell - Killed during storming of the fort at Rika-bashee Fort near Kabul