Pair: Private H. Wood, 5th Dragoon Guards, who probably rode in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava, 25 October 1854

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Henry Wood 5th. Dn. Gds.) engraved naming, bottom right hand lug on Inkermann clasp missing, and therefore unofficially attached, with replacement suspension pin and retaining rod reaffixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 936 Pt. H. Wood. 5th. Dragoon Gds.) contemporarily impressed naming, plugged and fitted with claw and small ring suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fair to fine (2) £500-£700

Henry Wood attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards and served with them in the Crimea. His name appears on the latest reconstructed list of ‘Chargers’ as having ‘probably rode in the Charge’: most members of the Heavy Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, took part in the Charge, and it is only the absence of some definite proof that means Wood is listed as a probable ‘Charger’, rather then a definite ‘Charger’.