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Other rank's short-tailed coatee, 1855 (c)
coatee, coatee
Accession Number

NAM.1963-11-20-1

Description

Coatee, short-tailed, other ranks’, 13th (Light) Dragoons, worn by Pte W Sewell, 1855 (c). Blue cloth with white facings. On each shoulder a brass screw-button fitting for attaching shoulder scales. Nine brass regimental buttons bearing a border of battle honours and a motto, an eight-pointed rayed star, upon the centre of which is a plain circlet within which is Roman numeral 'XIII', below which are the letters 'LD'. Above the circlet, a monarchical crown. Associated with Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854. Private William Sewell (1830 (c)-1910) enlisted in the Army in 1851/1852 and was badly wounded at the Battle of Balaklava during the Charge of the Light Brigade. The injury to his head was so severe that for the remainder of his life a plate was fixed over the wound. He left the Army as a sergeant and became a coachman, dying in Liverpool.

Campaigns

Crimean War (1854-1856)

Events

Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)