Sir Thomas Troubridge , 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas St Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge , 3rd Baronet CB ( 25 May 1815 – 2 October 1867 ) was an officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Crimean War . Born into a distinguished family with strong military connections , two grandfathers and his father had been admirals in the Royal Navy , Troubridge entered the army and rose through the ranks , serving at first with the 73rd ( Perthshire ) Regiment of Foot , and then the 7th ( Royal Fusiliers ) Regiment of Foot , the latter being a regiment he would later command . He served with his regiment in many stations throughout the Empire , inheriting his father ' s baronetcy in 1852 , and held the rank of major in 1854 when the Crimean War broke out . Troubridge went out with his regiment and saw action in some of the early battles of the war , playing an important role in the Battle of Alma . He was involved in the heavy fighting surrounding the defence of British gun batteries during the Battle of Inkerman , and was badly wounded , losing his right leg and left foot . He refused to leave the battlefield until the attacks had been repulsed , and was commended for his gallantry by his commanding officer . He returned to Britain and received a number of awards and promotions for his actions in the Crimea , but was unable to return to front - line service due to his injuries . He remained active in the army in superintending parts of the supply and logistics forces , which he carried out until his death in 1867 . Family and early life . Troubridge was born on 25 May 1815 , the eldest son of Admiral Sir Edward Troubridge , and his wife Anna Maria , herself the daughter of another naval officer , Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane . He attended the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , and entered the army , purchasing his commission as an ensign in the 73rd Foot on 24 January 1834 . He was promoted to lieutenant on 30 December 1836 in the Royal Fusiliers ( again by purchase ) , then seeing service around the Empire , at Gibraltar , the West Indies , and Canada . Troubridge obtained further promotions , purchsing the rank of captain on 14 December 1841 , and major on 9 August 1850 . On the death of his father in 1852 he became the 3rd baronet . Crimean War . With the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 , Troubridge was sent with his regiment to the Crimea , and was involved in several of the early battles , seeing action at the Battle of Alma , the operations around the Siege of Sevastopol , and the Battle of Inkerman . At Alma he commanded the Royal Fusiliers ' right wing , on the right of the Light Division under Sir George Brown . During the battle Troubridge and the Royal Fusiliers engaged the left wing of the Kazan regiment , and Troubridge led his forces under heavy fire on an assault on the fortified heights . He remained with the Royal Fusiliers during their operations in support of the allied Siege of Sevastopol , and then saw action at Inkerman on 5 November 1854 . At Inkerman Troubridge was the field officer of the day , and was in the reserve of the light division in the Lancaster battery . The position was attacked by Russian troops , and came under heavy fire from Russian guns brought up on the east of the Careenage Ravine to enfilade them . Meeting heavy resistance the Russians concentrated their forces against the battery , and in the desperate fighting that followed Troubridge was wounded by a shot which carried off his right leg and left foot . He refused to be removed from the position , and remained at his post for the next two hours until the attack was beaten off , his limbs propped up on a gun carriage to prevent him from bleeding to death . He was then removed to the hospital after the battle had finished . In Lord Raglan ' s despatches of 11 November ( gazetted on 2 December ) , Troubridge was Mentioned as having " behaved with the utmost gallantry and composure " , despite his wounds . Post - war . Troubridge was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel on 12 December 1854 " for distinguished Service in the Field " , but his injuries caused him to be invalided home in May 1855 . He was present , in a chair , at the distribution of medals and awards by Queen Victoria on 18 May to those who had distinguished themselves in the Crimea , when he was made an aide - de - camp to the Queen with the rank of brevet colonel . Troubridge was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855 . He also received foreign awards from Britain ' s allies in the Crimea . The French appointed him Chevalier of the Légion d ' honneur , while the Ottomans appointed him to the Fourth Class of the Order of the Medjidie . Troubridge received substantive promotion to lieutenant - colonel ( without purchase ) , and thus became the commanding officer of the Royal Fusiliers on 9 March 1855 , but his disability prevented him from serving with it . He was placed on half pay with the 22nd Regiment of Foot on 14 September , but accepted the appointment of director - general of army clothing in 1855 . The post was abolished on 2 February 1857 , but Troubridge immediately took the successor position as deputy adjutant - general ( clothing department ) . During his time in the post he designed a new valise to address what he saw as the defects in the standard army issue one . His design was approved by the leading medical officers and was so successful that it became the foundation of future forms of equipment . Family and death . Troubridge married Louisa Jane Gurney , a granddaughter of James Hay , 15th Earl of Erroll on 1 November 1855 . The couple had three sons and four daughters . Among them their third son , Ernest Troubridge , became a distinguished naval officer , achieving the rank of admiral . Louisa Troubridge died on 29 August 1867 , with Sir Thomas dying five weeks later on 2 October 1867 , at his home at 8 Queen ' s Gate , Hyde Park , Kensington . He was 52 . A private funeral ceremony was held , and Sir Thomas was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery . His eldest son , Thomas Herbert Cochrane Troubridge , born in 1860 , succeeded to the baronetcy .