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1734, Private Alexander William FLEMING / FLEMMING — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Woolwich, London c.1832.

1841 Census

Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Dockyard.

Marlborough Fleming, aged 47.

Hannah Fleming, 37.

Amelia, 14, Alexander, 9, Elizabeth, 5.

1851 Census

2, Crop Alley, Woolwich.

Alexander Fleming, aged 18, unmarried, Apprentice, born Woolwich.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 22nd of August 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 23rd of May 1855.

Died, "of diarrhoea", at Camp Kadikoi on the 26th of August 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Further medal information archived.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died, "of diarrhoea", at Camp Kadikoi on the 26th of August 1855.

Buried in the 11th Hussar Cemetery on the road between Kadikoi and Karani.

(There is a copy of his memorial inscription in the 11th Hussar file.)


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