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1780, Private Donald MCKAY — 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in the parish of St. Pancras, London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 17th of January 1855.

Trade: Cordwainer.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 7th of July 1855.

Died "of disease," in the Regimental Hospital on the 18th of August 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died "of disease," in the Regimental Hospital on the 18th of August 1855.


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