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1566, Private James ANDERSON – 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in London c.1833.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 26th of October 1852.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

The muster roll for the Balaclava period states, "In hospital."

"Deserted" from Hounslow on the 13th of July 1857.

Can find no further trace to March 1865.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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