List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War

The Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856. Prior to the Crimean War there was no precedent of a mass exchange of awards between allied nations. However, in January 1856 Queen Victoria and the Emperor of France formally agreed to an interchange of decorations between their two Armies.Abbott, P.E., 'Foreign awards to members of the British Forces for the Crimean War: Part I, Introduction, Légion d'Honneur and Medaille Militaire, The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, 36(1), Spring 1997, 16-27 However, nominations for the French awards had already been gathered, with recommendations requested at the end of October 1855 and mid December 1855.Mawson, Michael Hargreave, 'The award of the Légion d'Honneur to members of the British Forces for the Crimean War, The miscellany of honours, The Orders and Medals Research Society, 11, 1997, pp. 41-53 In exchange several awards of the Order of the Bath were made to French soldiers and sailors.

Awards of the Légion d'Honneur to members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War were made in two lots, with awards first announced in the Le Moniteur of 16 and 19 July 1856 (with a consolidated list appearing in the London Gazette of 4 August 1856) and again on 22 April 1857 (which was republished in the London Gazette on 1 May 1857).London Gazette, Monday August 4th, 1856, No. 21909London Gazette, Friday May 1, 1857, No. 21996 The Légion d'Honneur decorations awarded to members of the British Armed Forces were those of Napoleon III's Second Empire with the Maltese Asterisk suspended from an Imperial Crown.

British Armed Forces Recipients The following alphabetical listing of recipients was drawn from the two London Gazette lists, with decorations awarded in the grade of Chevalier (5th class) unless otherwise stated.

Abbott, 1829 Private Timothy 95th Regiment Adams, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Cadwallader 49th Regiment Adams, Colonel Frank C.B., 28th Regiment (4TH CLASS) Adye, Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller C.B. Royal Artillery (4TH CLASS) Airey, Lieutenant-Colonel James Talbot C.B., Asst Quartermaster-Genl, Coldstream Guards, Staff Airey, Major-General Sir Richard K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Alderson, Lieutenant Henry James. Royal Artillery Alexander, Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel George Gardiner Royal Marine Artillery RM Alexander, Inspector-General Thomas C.B., Medical Staff Allan, Captain William 41st Regiment Allen, William A.B., "Agamemnon." RN Anderson, Captain Richard 56th Regiment Anderson, First Class Staff-Surgeon Arthur M.D. Medical Staff Anderson, Lieutenant William Christian. RE Andrews, Major W.G. Royal Artillery (LG May 1858) Andrews, Serjeant John 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Aplin, Brevet-Major John Guise Rogers 28th Regiment Appleyard, Captain Frederick Ernest 7th Regiment Arbuthnot, Lieutenant Henry. Royal Artillery Arguimbeau, Mr. Narcissus RN Armstong, Brevet-Major Anthony William Samuel Freeman, 18th Regiment Armstrong, Acting Lieutenant Richard Ramsay RN Armstrong, Captain Thomas Priaulx St. George 49th Regiment Armstrong, Lieutenant-Colonel James Wells 49th Regiment, Staff Armytage, Commander William RN Armytage, Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Henry. Coldstream Guards Atcherley, Brevet-Major Francis Topping, 30th Regiment Aylmer, Brevet - Lieutenant - Colonel Frederick Charles 89th Regiment Aynsley, Commander Charles Murray. RN Babbington, Private Charles, 5th Dragoon Guards Cavalry Baddeley, Brevet-Major John Fraser Lodington Royal Artillery Baker, Mr. Thomas RN Inspector of Machinery Balgonie, Captain Viscount. Grenadier Guards Ball, Mr. Edward Codrington RN Bambrick, Private John Thomas 11th Hussars. Cavalry Baring, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Coldstream Guards. Baring, Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Francis. Scots Fusilier Guards Barker, Brevet-Colonel George Robert C.B., Royal Artillery Barlow, Colonel Maurice Unattached. Infantry Barnard, Major-General Sir Henry William K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Barnett, Lieutenant John Barber RN Barnston, Captain William 55th Regiment Barnston, Major Roger Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General, 90th Regiment, Staff Barry, David, Able Seaman, " Cracker." RN Bayly, Major Paget Unattached. Infantry Beal, Mr. John Paymaster RN Bell, 1215 Colour-Serjeant Joseph 7th Regiment Bell, Colonel George C.B., late 1st Royals, Inspecting Field Officer Bell, Major Edward William Derrington 23rd Regiment Bellairs, Brevet-Major William Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General, 49th Regiment, Staff Bent, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George C.B. RE Bentinck, Major-General Sir Henry John William K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Beresford, Captain George Robert 88th Regiment Bickford, Commander Joseph Grant. RN Biddulph, Brevet - Lieutenant - Colonel Michael Anthony Shrapnel, Royal Artillery Bingham, Brevet-Major George, Lord Bingham, Coldstream Guards, Staff Blackett, Captain Edward William 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Blane, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Unattached, Asst Adjutant-Gen, & now Military Sec, Staff Blount, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert 23rd Regiment Blyth, Captain David RM Bolton, Brevet-Major William John Royal Artillery Bond, 3492 Private William 46th Regiment Boothby, Brevet-Major John George Royal Artillery Borlase, Captain John C.B. RN Borritt, Serjeant-Major Henry 77th Regiment Borton, Colonel Arthur C.B., 9th Regiment Bostock, Surgeon-Major John Ashton M.D., Scots Fusilier Guards. Medical Staff Bourchier, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Fane C.B. RE Bourchier, Brevet-Major Claud Thomas 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Bowden, Commander William RN Bower, Mr. George Henry Kerr. RN Bowyear, Captain George Le Geyt. RN Boyle, Brevet-Major William 89th Regiment Brady, Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Clarke, Medical Staff Brandling, Brevet-Major John James C.B. Royal Artillery Brett, Lieutenant and Adjutant John 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Bright, Major Robert Onesiphorus, 19th Regiment Brooker, Lieutenant Edward Wolfe RN Brookes, First Lieutenant Joshua Rowland RM Broughton, Brevet-Major Spencer Delves. Royal Artillery Broughton, Lieutenant Legh Delves. Royal Artillery Brown, 3313 Private Joseph 20th Regiment Brown, Brevet-Major George John 4th Light Dragoons. Cavalry Brown, General Sir George G.C.B. (1ST CLASS) Brown, Lieutenant Jolm Henry. Royal Artillery Brown, Trumpeter John, 17th Lancers. Cavalry Brown, Captain John Martin 1st Royals, 1st Battalion Browne, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew 44th Regiment Browne, Brevet-Major James Frankfort Manners, C.B. RE Browne, Captain George Richard 88th Regiment Browne, Major Henry Ralph, Unattached, late 9th Regiment Brownrigg, Brevet-Colonel Studholme C.B. Grenadier Guards Staff (4TH CLASS) Bruce, Serjeant-Conductor Robert. Royal Artillery Brush, Second Class Staff-Surgeon John Ramsay M.D., half-pay. Medical Staff Buckley, Commander Cecil William RN Bull, Commander James RN Bull, John Gunner Royal Marine Artillery RM Buller, Major-General Sir George K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Bullock, Lieutenant Thomas Thelwall. RN Bunbury, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William C.B., 23rd Regiment Bunton, John Private RM Burgess, 1782 Joseph 57th Regiment Burgoyne, Commander Hugh Talbot RN Burgoyne, General Sir John Fox, Bart., G.C.B. (2ND CLASS) Burke, Gunner and Driver Robert 6th Company, 11th Battalion. Royal Artillery Burnett, Captain William Farquharson C.B. RN Butler, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Archer 28th Regiment Butler, Brevet-Major Charles Richard, 20th Regiment Butler, Brevet-Major Henry 57th Regiment Butler, Corporal James 49th Regiment Byng, Commander John Clark RN Calthorpe, Major the Honourable Somerset John Gough, Unattached, Staff Cameron, Brevet-Major William Gordon 49th Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Cameron, Colonel Duncan Alexander C.B., 42nd Regiment (4TH CLASS) Campbell, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Frederick 46th Regiment Campbell, Brevet-Major Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Royal Artillery Campbell, Captain Henry Wotton 79th Regiment Campbell, Colonel Robert Parker C.B. 90th Regiment Campbell, Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable Henry Walter Coldstream Guards, Staff Campbell, Lieutenant Colin Andrew RN Campbell, Lieutenant-General Sir Colin G.C.B. (2ND CLASS) Campbell, Serjeant Joseph 20th Regiment Campion, Commander Hubert RN Cardigan, Major-General The Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Carleton, Captain William Henry, 21st Regiment Carmichael, Captain George Lynedock 95th Regiment Carmichael, James, M.D. Medical Officer RN Carpenter, Deputy Commissary-General Frederick Stanley, Commissariat Carr, Captain Ralph Edward 36th Regiment, late 39th Regiment Carter, Major William Frederick 63rd Regiment Carter, Rear-Admiral Thomas Wren C.B. (4TH CLASS) Carthew, Brevet-Major Edmund John. Royal Artillery Cave, Commander John Halliday RN Chapman, Frederick Edward C.B. RE Chappel, William Corporal RM Chawner, Captain Edward Henry, 77th Regiment Chippindall, Brevet-Major Edward, 19th Regiment Christie, Colour-Serjeant Charles 42nd Regiment Churchill, Henry Adrian Esq., C.B. Claremont, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stopford C.B. Unattached, Staff (4th Class) Clarke, Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Calvert, 2nd Royal Dragoons. Cavalry Cleeve, Mr. Frederick RN Cleverly, John Gunner's Mate, " London." RN Clifford, Brevet-Major Hon. Henry 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Clifton, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Henry, Unattached, Staff Codrington, Lieutenant-General Sir William K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Colborne, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Francis C.B., Asst Quartermaster-Gen, Unattached, Staff Cole, Serjeant Samuel No. 2,515, Driver Company. Royal Sappers and Miners Coles, Captain Cowper Phipps RN Collings, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Elias 33rd Regiment of Foot Collins, 2nd Corporal Joseph No. 2,382. Royal Sappers and Miners Colville, Major Hon. William Colville, Aide-de-Camp, Rifle Brigade, Staff Comber, Commander Henry Wandesford RN Commerell, Commander John Edmund RN Conolly, Captain Henry Hamilton Royal Artillery Conolly, Major James Deputy Asst Quartermaster-General, Unattached. Cavalry Cooch, Brevet-Major Charles 62nd Regiment Cooke, Corporal William, 9th Regiment Cooke, Brevet-Major Edwin Adolphus late 11th Hussars. Cavalry Coonin, 1825 Private Thomas 77th Regiment Cooper, Lieutenant John Robert Deane RN Cooper, Mr. Henry, Boatswain, Warrant Officer RN Cornwall, Captain George 93rd Regiment Cowell, Lieutenant John Clayton. RE Crang, Commander John Hay RN Creagh, Lieutenant John Brazier RN Crisell, 1896 Private Henry 1st Royals, 2nd Battalion Crofton, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Dennis Unattached. Infantry Crosse, Surgeon John Burton St. Croix 11th Hussars. Medical Staff Crowe, Captain Robert 93rd Regiment Cumberland, Captain Octavius. RN Cumming, Serjeant-Major George 57th Regiment Cunynghame, Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow, C.B. Staff (4TH CLASS) Cuppage, Brevet-Major John Macdonald 89th Regiment Curzon, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Leicester Rifle Brigade, Staff Dacres, Captain Sidney Colpoys C.B. RN (4TH CLASS) Dacres, Major-General Sir Richard James K.C.B. (3RD CLASS) Dallas, Brevet-Major George 46th Regiment Dalyell, Lieutenant Osborne William RN Daniel, Mr. Edward St. John V.C. RN Daniell, Major Charles Frederick Torrens Brigade-Major, 38th Regiment, Staff Darling, Assistant Commissary-General Montague William, Commissariat Daubeney, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Barnston C.B., 55th Regiment Daubeny, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James 62nd Regiment Davie, Serjeant William 79th Regiment Dawkins, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel William Gregory. Coldstream Guards Day, Commander George Fiott RN de Lisle, Surgeon Richard Francis Valpy 4th Regiment. Medical Staff de Morel, Major Charles Carew, Depot Battalion, Staff De Salis, Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolph, 8th Hussars. Cavalry

De Vere, Brevet-Major Francis Horatio RE De Winton, Lieutenant Francis Walter. Royal Artillery