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1771 Patrick BURKE — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Waterford, Ireland.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 20th of December 1854.

Age: 21.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Saddler.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.

Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 26th of October 1855 for "being drunk on duty." Awarded 40 lashes.

Discharge & pension

Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment" from Brighton on the 24th of November 1856.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial


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