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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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Private George HEAD — 1805, 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 30th of November 1854.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 6"

Trade: Mechanic.

Service

From Private to Corporal: 5th of June 1856.

Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 2nd of April 1860.

Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India, 25th of July 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 20th of December 1866.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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