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1214, Private Thomas FROST — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born c.1831.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 2nd of February 1852.

Age: 21.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Sent to the Cavalry Depot on the 19th of April 1854.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of April 1855.

Sent to the Depot at Canterbury on the 1st of October 1857, prior to the regiment going to India for the Mutiny campaign.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Brighton on the 14th of May 1864.

Served 12 years 103 days.

Conduct: "good,"

In possession of two Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Lummis and Wynn state that this man did not embark for the Crimea, but he is to be found on the Sebastopol clasp list.

Life after service

Death & burial


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