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1492, Private John HADDLESEY — 8th Hussars

HADDLESEY? HADDLESLEY?

Birth & early life

Born in York c.1828.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Sheffield on the 26th of December 1854. Was a volunteer from the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Militia.

Age: 26.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of April 1855, aboard the "Orinoco."

Died "in the Camp Hospital" in the Crimea on the 19th of June 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Lummis and Wynn do not credit him with any medal or clasps.

Death & burial

Died "in the Camp Hospital" in the Crimea on the 19th of June 1855.

Next of kin: Father, John Haddesley, living Wormgate [sic], York.

Left £2/11/4d. in his "credits."


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