"Death of a Balaclava Hero," Inverness Courier, Nov. 30, 1897, p. 6b. James Gorman, 66, a 21-year British army veteran whose exploits included riding in the charge of the 13th Light Dragoons (now the 13th Light Hussars), died in Glasgow. "When the company was counted after returning from the charge, it was found that Gorman and some nine or ten of companions had escaped destruction at the hands of the Russian gunners. Gorman himself did not escape unscathed. He had his horse shot under him, and was struck between the eyes by a spent bullet. Besides that, he narrowly escaped being pierced by a Cossack spear while lying defenceless on the ground." Gorman testified at the special inquiry held after the campaign. He afterwards went through the Egyptian campaign. "He had a pension of ninepence a day from the Government, which was brought up to a shilling by the addition of an extra threepence from the Patriotic League." A bachelor, he worked for Messrs MacMillan & Marshall, 53 Montrose St., wholesale stationers, for more than 20 years, "and was held in high esteem by his employers." IC notes the "gallant six hundred" survivors is a "fast-diminishing list."