Born in Marylebone, London.
Enlisted at Hounslow on the 28th of April 1852.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Butcher.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the "H.T. "Shooting Star" on the 24th of April 1854.
Served with Lord Raglan's Escort Troop during 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 22nd of December 1855.
Discharged, on the "Reduction of the Regiment", from Dundalk on the 6th of April 1857.
Served 4 years 341 days.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.