Born in the parish of Mineham, near Bury.
Enlisted at Belfast on the 19th of December 1854.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Mechanic.
Features: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
The muster rolls for the July-September 1858 period show him as "On Detachment at Sholapoore" during the whole of the period.
In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 29th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.
Discharged from Colchester on the 8th of July 1865, as "Unable to perform the duties of a dragoon from contraction of the right arm caused by primary syphilis. Can contribute in but a slight degree towards earning a livelihood. Unfit for further service. Not aggravated by intemperance."
Served 9 years 215 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 9 months. India 7 years 1 month.
Aged 30 years 7 months on discharge.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
To live, C/o. Solomon Cooper, Dickson Green, London.
Pension letters to the 18th of March 1868.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
1871 Census
8 Barnes Yard, Bury.
Henry Howarth, 36, Labourer, bury.
Mary A, 30, Weaver.
One child shown: Elizabeth 1.
1881 Census
The 1881 Census shows him as living at No. 8 Clifton Street, Bury, Lancashire, a General Labourer, born at Bury, aged 46, with his wife, Mary Ann, a Cotton Weaver, aged 40, born in Bury and with one child of school age.
1891 Census
6 Clifton Street, Bury.
Henry Howarth, 56, Foundry Labourer.
Mary Ann, 50.
One daughter shown: Elizabeth, 21.
1891 Census
[RM: He was still alive in 1901 and shown on the Census as being aged 66 a General labourer still living in Bury, Lancashire.]
Census information for 1871 & 1891 kindly provided by Chris Poole.