Born in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, London.
Enlisted at London on the 16th of May 1849.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Shoe-maker.
Features: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Sandy hair.
Embarked on the 28th of May and joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
The musters for July-September of 1858 show him as being "On Field Service" from September of this period.
From Private to Corporal: 10th of September 1860.
Invalided home to England, arriving on the 1st of July 1862.
Discharged from Maidstone on the 2nd of September 1862, as "Unfit for further service — Suffers from an inability to retain his urine. Disease first became apparent in 1861 after a severe attack of dysentery. Disability apparently the cause of this and not caused nor aggravated by vice or by his intemperance."
Served 7 years 199 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months
In India: 4 years.
Conduct and character: "good". Is in possession of one Good Conduct badge. Never entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 24 years 5 months on discharge.
Awarded a pension of 6d. per day "Conditional" from the 18th of October 1864, "renewed" for a further year on the 19th of October 1865 and granted a "permanent "pension of 8d. per day from the 2nd of October 1866.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Turkish medals.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Can find no trace on the Mutiny medal roll.
To live at the Cavalry Depot, Maidstone, after discharge, but a later entry shows him as living at No. 30 White Cross Street, City of London.