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1220, Private James BRIDGEMAN — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 21st of June 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Cork on the 29th of April 1855.

Was servant to Brigadier General Lawrenson from the 12th of November 1855, attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards.

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.

From Private to Corporal, 1st of July 1859.

Corporal to Sergeant, 1st of April 1861.

Reduced to Private, by a Regimental Court-martial on the 20th of June 1862.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Colchester on the 13th of July 1865. Payment of £20.

Served 11 years 20 days.

Conduct: "good". Once tried by Court-martial.

In possession of two Good Conduct badges.

Medals & commemorations

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

Can find no trace on the Mutiny medal roll. However, the July-September 1858 muster rolls show him as being "On detachment at Shoolapoor" during this period.

Further detailed medal information archived.

Life after service

Death & burial


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