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1661, Private Horace KING — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted on the 1st of May 1854.

Trade: Painter.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

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

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Newbridge on the 27th of September 1857. Payment of £30.

Served 2 years 149 days.

Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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