Home Search Index of men A-Z

LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
The E.J. Boys Archive

Added 26.11.12. Minor edits 7.4.14.

IN PROGRESS — NOT FOR PUBLICATION

1740, Private Thomas KERSHAW — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Old Piercie.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Liverpool on the 18th of January 1845.

Age: 18.

Height: 5. 8".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Dublin on the 30th of December 1864. Payment of £10.

Served 9 years 347 days.

Conduct and character: "good".

In possession of two Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


New on the site Search Index of men K
For further information, or to express an interest in the project, please email the editors, Philip Boys & Roy Mills, viainfo@chargeofthelightbrigade.com