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New info. added 14.2.2014.

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1114, Private John ABRAHAM — 4th Light Dragoons


There was originally no information about this man in the EJBA.

To follow up...

Died [at Varna?] before reaching the Crimea.

Further info in Laurence Crider, 3rd Edition, p.33, and Wendy Leahy's Shadows of Time website, 1114 John Abraham.


John Abraham

Born: Hampshire

Occupation: Groom

Regiment no: 1114

Enlisted: 30 04 1840

Attested: 06 05 1840

Ranks: 1840: Private, 842: Private, 1854: Private

Died: 12 08 1854

Will: 19s 3d

Next of kin: Ann Abraham, wife, with the regiment

1st Child: John Abraham

Born: c. Apr 1848

Notes: Enlisted RMA 13 02 1855 and discharged to his mother 12 10 1860.

TNA sources:

WO/12/650

WO/12/652

WO/12/659

M186085

[Source: http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoona/abraham2.html (accessed 14.2.2014).]

References & acknowledgements

The editors are very grateful to Wendy Leahy for allowing us to reproduce information from her Shadows of Time website.

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