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Private George ELLIS — 1778, 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born Sussex, c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 22nd of May 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Carpenter.

Service

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

Transferred to the 17th Lancers at Hounslow on the 1st of September 1857. Regimental No. 141.

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8 October 1857.

The muster rolls for July-September 1858 show him as being "On Field Service" during the whole of the period."

Served in the field at Rajghur and Mungrowlee, with Captain William Gordon.

Died at Secunderabad, India, on the 16th of May 1863.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Mutiny medal, without clasp.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died at Secunderabad, India, on the 16th of May 1863.

The India Office records show him as dying at from "Apoplexy" on the 16th of May 1863. He was buried on the 17th of May by the Revd. Pigot James, Chaplain.

Further detailed medal information archived.


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