Henry Batson Ramsbottom

1821 - 1855  (33 years)

• Name	Henry Batson Ramsbottom
  Born	08 Jul 1821	Windsor, Berkshire   [1]
  Christened	02 Sep 1821	Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire   [2]
  Died	04 Jan 1855	Camp before Sebastopol
  Person ID	I00785	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	James Ramsbottom,   b. Feb 1780,   d. 12 Nov 1861, 8 Caroline Place, Queens Elm Garden, Chelsea  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Emma Batson,   b. Abt 1781, Winkfield, Berkshire ,   d. 15 Mar 1863, 3 Queens-terrace, Kensington  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F00076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Morning Post" Wednesday, 24 Jan 1855, page 6: Lieut. Ramsbottom, of the 97th Regiment, was found dead, from suffocation by charcoal, yesterday. He had come off duty in the trenches, and had closed his tent and lain down to sleep for a few hours. --- "Stirling Observer" Thursday 25 Jan 1855, page 2: Lieutenant Ramsbottom of the 97th was found dead, suffocated in his tent by charcoal. --- "Reading Mercury" Saturday, 27 Jan 1855, page 2: JAN. 5.--- An extremely hard frost began about midnight, and the thermometer this morning was at 21 deg. 10min., or more than 10 deg. of cold. The cavalry division lost about 60 horses during the night, and I dread to think of the number of our noble soldiers who will receive their coup de grace from this weather, if it last. I am credibly informed, that out of one division alone 150 men were taken out of the trenches to the hospital tents, seized with cramp and half frozen, not so much, perhaps, from the cold, as from the want of proper clothing and inability to move about to circulate the blood. Lieutenant Ramsbottom, of the 97th Regiment, was found dead in his tent this morning, from the vapours of charcoal in a stove, and Mr. Vicars, of the same regiment, was discovered in a precarious state from the same cause, but is now better. I have heard that an engineer officer is also dangerously ill from similar want of caution, and there are rumours, to which I do not attach much credence, of men having died on their posts last night from cold. --- "Coventry Herald" Friday, 02 Feb 1855, page 3: OFFICERS SUFFOCATED IN THEIR TENTS. Captain Swinton, of the Royal Artillery, a gallant and excellent Officer, was recently found dead in his tent, suffocated by the fumes of charcoal from a stove which he had placed within it for the purpose of warmth. Lieutenant Ramsbottom, of the 97th Regiment, was also found dead in his tent, from a similar cause. It seems that great numbers of iron stoves have been brought out from Constantinople, and are not used with proper caution, and several Officers have been half-killed by carbonic-acid gas generated in these deadly apparatus. --- "Reading Mercury" Saturday, 03 Feb 1855, page 8: Lieut. Ramsbottom, reported to have been recently suffocated in his tent by charcoal fumes, was well known in Windsor and much respected. He was son of James Ramsbottom, Esq., nephew of the late John Ramsbottom, Esq., late banker and representative of Windsor in Parliament, and nephew of Mrs. Riley, of Forest-hill. --- Windsor Express --- "Norfolk Chronicle" Saturday, 10 Feb 1855, page 4: DIED. On the 4th ult., in camp before Sebastopol, Lieut. H.B. Ramsbottom, youngest son of James Ramsbottom, Esq.

  
  

• Sources

  "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900" (97th Foot Soldiers, 2nd Battalion, 1842-1848, image 54 of 60). [S00003] FamilySearch.org.