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1748, William DAVIDSON — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in West Bromwich.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Birmingham on the 27th of December 1854.

Age: 22.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Mason.

Service

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

Tried by a District Court-martial on the 11th of April 1856 for "Absence, theft, and assaulting a Spaniard." Awarded 14 days imprisonment with hard labour.

Deserted from Brighton on the 28th of June 1856.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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