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1509, Private John (Richard) HORNER — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 26th of December 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 15th of June 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase" from Dundalk on the 21st of January 1857. Payment of £30.

Served 2 years 27 days.

Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

To live in London after discharge.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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