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1310, Private George Henry HAMPSON — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Salford, c.1827.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Hulme, Manchester, on the 19th of November 1846.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Warehouseman.

Service

Discharge & pension

Discharged "by purchase", from Brighton on the 25th of April 1859. Payment of £10.

Served 7 years 157 days.

Conduct: "good".

In possession of one Good Conduct badge.

Next of kin: William Hampson (relationship not stated), living at 15A, New Brown Street, Manchester.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma. Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Life after service

1861 Census

Bonsall Street, Hulme.

Hampson appears in the 1861 Census as a "Warehouseman", unmarried, born Salford, living at Bonsall Street, Hulme. [RM]

1881 Census

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By 1881 he was in Salford, still unmarried, a "Traveller". [RM]

Death & burial


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