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1738, Private George ANDERSON – 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Westminster, London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 2nd of September 1854.

Trade: Baker

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of March 1855.

Tried by a Garrison Court-martial on the 29th of January 1856 for "being asleep on his post." Awarded 56 days' imprisonment, with hard labour.

Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India 25th of July 1866.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 1st of February 1867.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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