Born at Castle Carey, Somerset, c.1836.
Enlisted at Cork on the 28th of November 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 5".
Trade: Labourer.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
The musters for July-September of 1858 show him as being "On Detachment to Sholapoore" during the whole of this period.
In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 29th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.
He died at Pahari, India, from "Diarrhoea", on the 7th/8th of November 1859.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
Died in India on the 7th of November 1859.
Next of kin: Father, Thomas Garland, living in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Also shown is his mother, Mary Garland, brother, Charles, and sister, Mary, all living in Shepton Mallet.
From the India Office records he died at Pahari, India, from "Diarrhoea" on the 7th/8th of November 1859, aged 25 years, and was buried on the 8th of November by Major White.