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1791, Private Richard WEBB - 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in Birmingham.

Enlistment

Enlisted at York on the 18th of February 1855.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Butcher.

Sertvice, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 13th of August 1855.

He was shown on a nominal roll of men of the Regiment made out at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari on the 9th of November 1855 as being On Duty there from the 4th of November.

Discharge & pension

Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment," from Kilmainham on the 15th of December 1856,

Served 1 year 317 days.

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

Medals & commemorations

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

Life after service

Death & burial


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