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Last amended 5.6.2011. Minor edits 17.2.2014, 8.2.17.

1618, Private William INGRAM — 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born c.1829.

Enlistment

Enlisted into the 3rd Light Dragoons at London on the 28th of December 1851. No Regimental number was allocated and no other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Transferred to the 15th Hussars on the 1st of August 1852 and embarked for India on the 28th of August 1852.

Transferred to the 13th Light Dragoons at Dorchester on the 24th of July 1854, joining the Regimental Depot on the 12th of August 1854.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of April 1855.

Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Cahir on the 31st of December 1856. Regtl. No. 63.

Died at Ahmednugger, India, on the 24th of May 1865.

The India Office records show him as dying of cholera at Ahmednugger on the 24th of May 1865, aged 36 years. He was buried on the same day by Lieutenant C.H. David, 3rd Dragoon Guards.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Crimean medal returned to the Mint. No trace of issue.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died at Ahmednugger, India, on the 24th of May 1865.

The India Office records show him as dying of cholera at Ahmednugger on the 24th of May 1865, aged 36 years. He was buried on the same day by Lieutenant C.H. David, 3rd Dragoon Guards.


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