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1681 Thomas CHICK — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 7th of December 1854.

Age: 24.

Height: 5' 5".

Trade: Servant.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

A nominal roll of men of the regiment at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, made out on the 9th of November 1855, shows him as being On Duty there from the 4th of November.

Discharge & pension

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

Served 1 year 265 days.

Conduct and character: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

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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