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Private Thomas JONES — 1630, 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Headcorn, Kent, c.1837.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 17th of January 1854.

Age: 17.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

In hospital from May and discharged, "Invalided", from Chatham Invalid Depot on the 23rd of July 1857.

Medals

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

Named as "Edmund" Jones on some rolls.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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