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823, Private James GALLAGHER — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born c.1824.

Enlistment

Enlisted at York on the 8th of November 1843.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 9".

Trade: Cook.

Service

From Private to Corporal: 7th of May 1850.

Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 22nd of March 1854.

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Mary Anne" on the 19th of April 1854.

Died at Scutari on the 3rd of March 1855.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died at Scutari on the 3rd of March 1855.


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