Born c.1828.
Enlisted at Nottingham on the 25th of May 1846.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: None shown.
Sent to Scutari on the 14th of October 1854.
Invalided to England aboard the "City of Norwich" on the 15th of May 1854 and was on the Brighton Depot roll from this date.
Next of kin (in 1854): Wife, Maria Hind. Living in Kingston, Surrey.
Rejoined the regiment at Cahir on the 1st of June 1856.
Letter relating to him, and another man from the regiment, sent to the Military College, Sandhurst:
"Horse Guards,
9th January 1857.
Sir, — By the desire of the General Commanding-in-Chief I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo and to acquaint you that His Royal Highness has been pleased to select the men named in the margin for the Riding Troop about to be formed at the Military College, at Sandhurst and to request you that you will hold them in readiness to proceed to Sandhurst early in the ensuing weeks according to the route which you will receive from the QuarterMasters Department.
I am, etc., etc.
G..A. Weatherall,
DAG."
Similar letters were sent to the Officers Commanding the 4th Light Dragoons, 8th Hussars, 11th Hussars andthe 13th Light Dragoons, listing the names of the men selected.
Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India for the Mutiny campaign on 1st of October 1857.
While at Canterbury in January 1859, he was the servant to Cornet Augustus John B. Fellowes of the 1st Dragoon Guards at the time when the latter committed suicide over money problems, and was the first witness to be called at the inquest: "He deposed that a little after 12 o'clock he was in his master's room and saw him walking up and down in a medative way. He then took up a pen and paper and sat down as if to write a letter. Witness then went to his own room below and presently he heard the discharge of a gun and saw blood running down the wall from the ceiling. He immediately rushed to his master's room and found the door locked. On bursting it open he found Mr. Fellowes lying on the bed, with a discharged carbine between his legs, quite dead."
[PB: Note: he was sent to the Depot when the regiment went to India in 1857, and re-enlisted in 1859.]
The India Office records show a son, Arthur Frederick, was born at Secunderabad on the 27th of October 1863 to him and his wife, Mary. He was christened on the 12th of November by the Revd. Charles Phenium, Chaplain.
A daughter, Angelina Ellenor, died at the age of five months from "Dentito", also at Secunderabad. This child was also shown as the son of John Hind, 17th Lancers, and his wife Mary.
Discharged from Maidstone "Free, to deferred pension" of 4d. per day upon reaching the age of 50 years." on the 9th of July 1859 and was accompanied to Nottingham by his wife, Maria, and three children.
When discharged in this instance his conduct was stated to have been "good". and to have been in the possession of two Good Conduct badges.
He re-enlisted into the 17th Lancers at Westminster, London, on the 30th of November 1859, his documents giving the following details.
Born in the parish of St. Peter's, Derby.
Age: 33 years 4 months.
Trade: Labourer.
Dark complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Finally discharged from Dublin on the 8th of November 1870, at "Own request, after 24 years service."
Total service (to count) of 24 years 8 days, his previous service in the 17th Lancers being allowed to count towards pension. This was 14 years 44 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 1 month
In India: 3 years 6 months.
Conduct: "very good."
In possession of five Good Conduct badges.
Aged 43 years 3 months on discharge.
Never entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial.
He was awarded a pension of 1/1d. per day.
Pension letters to the 30th of March 1883.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal on the 7th of July 1889, with a gratuity of £5.
Documents confirm the award of these medals.
Intended to live at Old Compton Lodge, Old Caugh, Bray, Ireland, but he was living in the Nottingham Pension District in 1875.
1881 Census
123, Barrow Hill, Staveley, Derby.
A man of this name is shown in the 1881 Census in the home of Henry Hull as a Boarder, a Yeast Seller (Brewer), Unmarried [sic], aged 52, born at Whitwell, Derby.