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1318 Thomas BUTLER — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in the parish of St. Thomas's, Dublin.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 5th of March 1847.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 8,"

Trade: Servant.

Service

From Private to Corporal: 29th of April 1851.

Corporal to Sergeant: 24th of October 1854.

Died "with the regiment" in the Crimea on the 21st of December 1854.

Next of kin: Brother, Edward Butler, living in Dublin.

Medals & commemorations

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

Life after service

Death & burial


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