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Brown leather despatch case belonging to Troop Sergeant Major William Barker, 17th Lancers and believed to have been used during the Charge of the Light Brigade, Crimean War, 25 October 1854. The case has two internal compartments, a leather carrying strap looped in at the back of the case and a front lock that is missing the key. Case engraved ‘C Troop / 17th Lancers’. Barker had his horse shot under him during the Charge. He was wounded in the leg as the horse fell on him, but he mounted another horse and resumed command. He also served at the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.

Balaklava, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War, Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)