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Amended 16.5.2011. Minor edits 16.2.14, 13.4.14.

1667, Private Charles FISHER — 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born c. 1837.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 6th of November 1854.

Age: 17.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of August 1855.

Sent to Scutari, being at the Cavalry Depot there from the 27th of August 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase," from Cahir on the 23rd of February 1857, with a payment of £30.

Served 1 year 291 days, to count.

Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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