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1723, Private James ATKINSON – 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

No information.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 3rd of August 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

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

Discharge & pension

Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment" from Canterbury on the 20th of November 1856.

Served 2 years 106 days.

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

Medals

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

Further medal information archived.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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