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1623, Private James Alexander KEY — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Liverpool, c.1835.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Liverpool on the 9th of January 1854.

Aged. 19.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Plasterer.

Service

"Deserted" from Hampton Court on the 14th of May 1858.

Can find no further trace to March 1865.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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