Enlisted at Coventry on the 15th of August 1846.
Age: 18 years 10 months.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: None shown.
Sent to Scutari, "On Duty", on the 30th of June 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 1st of October 1855.
Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 4th of March 1856.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Served in the field at Rajghur and Mungrowlee with Captain William Gordon.
The July-September 1858 muster rolls show him as being "On Field Service" during this period.
Died at Secunderbad, India, on the 11th of May 1861.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
The Returned medal book states, "Mutiny medal sent to the Mint. No trace of issue".
Died at Secunderbad, India, on the 11th of May 1861.
The India Office records show him as dying, of "dysentery", at Secunderbad on the 11th of May 1861. He was buried on the 12th of May by the Revd T.A.C. Pratt, Chaplain.