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1827, [RANK?] John DYSON — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Doncaster, c.1833.

Enlistment

Enlisted at York on the 29th of January 1855.

Age: 22.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Mason.

Service

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

Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 30th of January 1856 for "absence and drunkenness." Awarded 28 days' imprisonment with hard labour.

Deserted from Brighton on the 7th 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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