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1475, Private Joseph KENDRICKS — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Stowe, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Lichfield on the 27th of January 1851.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from the Cavalry Depot on the 10th of July 1854.

1475 Joseph Kendricks and1474 Henry Lees, 4th Light Dragoons, came from the same place, and it would seem they enlisted together.

Service

Died "with the Regiment," on the 16th of October 1854.

Next of kin: Father, Marronet Kendricks, living in Lichfield, Staffs.

Medals

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

Further detailed medal information archived.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died, "with the Regiment," on the 16th of October 1854.

Next of kin: Father, Marronet Kendricks, living in Lichfield, Staffs.


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