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1764, Private Henry HAMMOND — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Kent.

Enlistment

Enlisted into the 15th Hussars at Maidstone on the 1st of July 1852, Regimental No. 1759.

Trade: Labourer.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Transferred to the 11th Hussars on the 5th of November 1854.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1854.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by claim", from Dublin on the 25th of August 1864.

Conduct: "Indifferent, but latterly good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Life after service

[RM: A man of this name appears on Census records for 1871-91 as a Serjeant-Major of Militia, born in Northbourne, Kent, currently living in Canterbury. This could be the same Henry Hammond.]

Death & burial


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