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1478, Private Henry FAIRBANKS — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, c.1833.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Lichfield on the 31st of January 1851.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7.

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Sent to Scutari on the 16th of January 1855, where he died on the 4th of February 1855.

Next of kin: Father, William Fairbanks, living in Lichfield, Staffs.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Sent to Scutari on the 16th of January 1855, where he died on the 4th of February 1855.

Next of kin: Father, William Fairbanks, living in Lichfield, Staffs.


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