Born at Beckingham, Kent.
Volunteered from the West Kent Militia, and enlisted at Maidstone on the 10th of February 1855.
No other enlistment details are shown except that of his trade as a labourer.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of August 1855.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Died of disease, "on board ship", during the passage to Scutari on the 26th of August 1855.