Born at Stanton, Suffolk, and christened in All Saint's Church (as William Edward) the son of William and Mary Cammell (nee Hawes) on the 6th of September 1825.
Enlisted at Hounslow on the 27th of December 1853.
Age: 17 years 5 months.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: None shown.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 28th of May 1855.
Sent to Scutari on the 17th of July 1855.
Returned to England, "for reasons of health", on the 24th of August 1855 and went to the Depot at Brighton.
Rejoined the regiment at Cahir on the 1st of June 1856.
Discharged "by purchase", from Cahir on the 20th of June 1856. Payment of £20.
Served 2 years 141 days.
Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Lummis and Wynn state, "No clasps", but he is shown as being so entitled on the Sebastopol clasp roll.
Death registration
The death of a man of this name, aged 42, is shown in the GRO records in the Thigoe registration district of Suffolk (which includes Stanton), in the December Quarter of 1878. [RM]