Born in Colyton, Devon, c.1831.
1841 Census
Silver Street, Colyton.
The 1841 Census shows him as the son of John and Elizabeth Halse, a Shoemaker of Silver Street, Colyton. [RM]
1841 Census
Silver Street, Colyton.
By 1851 he was a Tailor, living at 12, Somerset Terrace, Bedminster, Devon. [RM]
No further trace has been found in the Census records.
Enlisted by the 15th Hussars but posted to the 11th Hussars, at Exeter, on the 11th of December 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Tailor.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Auburn hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
In hospital at Scutari from the 17th of August and invalided to England aboard the "Transit" on the 23rd of September.
Transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Military Train on the 13th of October 1856. Regimental No. 539.
Discharged, "by purchase", from Aldershot on the 30th of May 1857. Payment of £30.
Served 2 years 170 days.
Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.