Born in Birmingham, c.1835.
Enlisted at Birmingham on the 16th of November 1853.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Gun-maker.
Discharged, "time expired", from Norwich, on the 17th of November 1865.
Served 12 years.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Next of kin (in 1854): Mother, Mrs. Fowkes, living in Anchor Yard, off Dartmouth Street, Birmingham.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
1881 Census
110, Windsor Street, Aston, Warwick.
A man of this name is shown in the 1881 Census as a Widower, a Leather Case Maker, aged 45, born in Birmingham, living with his three children, the two eldest sons being a Metal Roller and a Printer's Machinist.