John BERRY -1306, 11th Hussars
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1306, Private John BERRY — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Altrincham, Cheshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Coventry on the 14th of November 1846.

Age: 21.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Service, discharge & pension

Wounded and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava.

There is no record of his ever having returned to the Regiment in October of 1855 with the other prisoners-of-war in Russian hands.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Medals

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

Commemorations

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

Further information

See record of 597 Thomas Perry, 8th Hussars.

Life after service

Death & burial


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