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1841, Private Joseph PENFOLD — 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Greenbrook, Kent.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 21st of February 1855.

No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 3rd of August 1855.

Deserted "off furlo" on the 15th of October 1856.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Named as "John Penfold" in some muster rolls.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Life after service

No information.

Death & burial

No information.

Commemorations


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