Born at Macclesfield, Cheshire, and christened in St Michael's Church on the 14th of April 1834, the son of David Dale and his wife, Ann.
Enlisted at Manchester on the 11th of July 1854.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Weaver.
"Absent" from embarkation details on the 14th of March 1855. Rejoined on the 11th of April and confined until the 15th of April 1855.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 15th of June 1855.
Confined, 15th-20th of December 1855. Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 20th of December and sentenced to 50 lashes and to lose 1d. per day stoppage of pay for 168 days.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S. S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Discharged, "time expired", from Manchester on the 30th of March 1868.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.