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Private William Henry HILL — 1382, 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Cork on the 28th of November 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea on the 18th of June and joined the regiment on the 19th of July 1855.

The muster roll shows him as having been a batman in the Crimea, but not to whom.

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 no particular service movement during the whole of this period.

In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 29th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.

Marriage

The India Office records show a daughter, Susannah, was born at Secunderabad on the 28th of March 1860 and being baptised on the 14th of November by the Revd. Thomas A. Pratt, Chaplain.

Another daughter, Jane Sarah, is shown as being born to him and his wife, Susannah, at Secunderabad on the 18th of April 1862. She was christened on the 15th of May 1862 by the Revd. Thomas A. Pratt, Chaplain.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", in India on the 8th of September 1862, with a payment of £20, but there is no indication if he remained in India or returned to England.

Served 7 years 284 days.

Conduct: "good".

In possession of one Good Conduct badge.)

Medals

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

Mutiny medal without clasp.

Commemorations

Life after service


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