Basic Details
Surname
Goad
Forenames
Howard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 24.10.2022 from www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/11/books.arts
Killed at Charge of Light Brigade 25.10.1854
From a letter by Captain Soame Jenyns, a fellow-officer who survived, in a letter to Goad's brother, Charles.
"We were half down before we reached the guns but the men ... never wavered an inch, grape [shot] and shells cutting them to pieces," "The last I saw of Howard was galloping about 100 yds from the guns. From all I can learn, he was seen wounded on the ground with his revolver in his hand ... Poor Howard fell in about the most daring charge ever seen. The Light Brigade are half gone."
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Light Dragoons
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
13th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Captn
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Crimea
Town of death
Charge of Balaklava
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action