Born in Lambeth, London.
Enlisted at Hounslow on the 27th of April 1849.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: None shown.
1851 Census
Queens Cavalry Barracks, Ipswich.
James Harvey, unmarried, 19, Private 11th Hussars, born London.
Tried by a District Court-martial at Dublin on the 27th of October 1852 for "being asleep on his post", and sentenced to 56 days' imprisonment with hard labour.
From Private to Corporal: 19th of November 1855
Transferred to the 18th Hussars on the 1st of February 1858. Regimental No. 9.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of April 1858.
Appointed to Troop Sergeant Major on the 7th of August 1860.
Allowed to revert to his real name of "James Fletcher", vide War Office Authority, dated the 29th of October 1860.
Discharged, "by purchase", from Hounslow on the 1st of December 1860, upon a payment of £5.
Served 13 years 160 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 2 years.
Conduct: "good". In possession of one Good Conduct badge when promoted.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Census information for 1841 kindly provided by Chris Poole.