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1406, Private George HARRIS — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Bermondsey, London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Newbridge on the 26th of September 1854.

Trade: Labourer.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of July 1855.

Deserted from Dundalk on the 31st of December 1856.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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