Search for content in message boards

George Haywood in The Crimean War.

George Haywood in The Crimean War.

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 4:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Mar 2014 4:44PM GMT
Hello folks,

This is my first post on this Crimean forum, so I would just like to say a quick hello and ask the following question.

My name is Lee and over the past few years I've been researching my family history. So far I've discovered that I have ancestors involved in both WW1 & WW2, but I would like to explore further back to the Crimean War.

I have an ancestor in my tree who may have been involved in The Crimean War, but as my family have no information stretching back that far, I cannot be certain.

His details are as follows:

Name: George Haywood.
Regimental number: 5896.
Rank: Private.
Regiment: 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards.

My George was born in 1835 in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, England and as far as I know the Crimean War didn't begin until Oct 1853. This would mean that George would have been Eighteen years old.

I already have George Haywood's medal roll which states that he was wounded at Crimea, so therefor did not take part at Alma or Inkerman.

I was wondering if there is any way to find out where this George Haywood was born and lived, or possibly even recruited from?

I've Emailed the Grenadier Guards Regimental Museum to see if they or Regimental Headquarters can help, but I thought I best ask on this forum too.

Any assistance would be very much appreciated,

Kind regards,

Lee.
Attachments:

Re: George Haywood in The Crimean War.

Posted: 1 Apr 2014 2:51AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Lee - welcome to the message board

One question I would ask: how do you know that George Haywood was wounded before Alma (generally considered the first engagement of the war) and how and where do you believe this occurred?

I have searched the service records for George Haywood by regiment and by soldier number and there was no record returned for him. This could mean a number of things:

1. He was not discharged to pension and therefore no Chelsea Pension records are extant.

2. He transferred from the Grenadier Guards to another unit sometime after the Crimean War.

3. There has been an error in recording of his name (e.g. Hayward instead of Haywood) in subsequent records.

4. There were five George or G Haywood names recorded in the Crimean War medal rolls and a further five names recorded in other Victorian era wars.

Nonetheless if you have proof (e.g. a physical medal) that it is YOUR George Haywood who is the man on the medal roll, then it is definite that the Grenadier Guards were certainly present at Alma, Inkerman and the trenches before Sevastopol. It is another sad fact that the 3rd battalion lost 100 officers and men killed and 480 wounded in the 12 months between September 1854 and September 1855.

Hope you can pin him down.

Diane
per page

Find a board about a specific topic