Born at Manchester, c.1834.
Enlisted at Manchester on the 26th of March 1855.
Age: 21.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Foundry-man.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Blue eyes. Dk. brown hair.
Transferred to the 5th Battalion of the Military Train on the 1st of November 1856. Regimental No. 743.
Tried, and imprisoned 14th of November 1857 — 13th of March 1858 and again 24th of May — 11th of July 1861. On both occasions for "using abusive language."
Discharged from Chatham on the 25th of November 1862.
"Disabled, from caries of the left temporal bone — now incurably deaf following small-pox contracted in China."
Served 7 years 135 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 8 months. China, 2 years 10 months.
Aged 28 years 9 months on discharge.
Conduct: "Indifferent." Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Twice tried by Court-martial.
To live at Manchester after discharge.
Granted a pension of 6d. per day for one year (conditional) to the 19th of April 1864, but in June of 1865 the form for this was returned, "As the man had gone to sea."
Entitled to the Crimean medal only. (See record of 1941 Samuel Briggs.)
Landed in the Crimea after the 9th of September 1855 but is specially entitled to the Crimean medal in consequence of having served with the Regiment during the Expedition to Eupatoria during the month of October of the same year... Camp Aldershot, 16th of November 1857.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Entitled to the China medal with clasps for Pekin, 1860, and Taku Forts, 1860.
His documents confirm the medal with two clasps for the China campaign, but make no reference to the Crimean medal. The roll for this states "Transfer to the Military Train", so it is possible that he had never received this.