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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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1626, Private Stephen KNIGHT — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Reading, Berkshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 11th of October 1854.

Age: 22.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Servant.

Service

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

Discharge & pension

Discharged, on the "Reduction of the Regiment", from Brighton on the 24th of November 1856.

Served 2 years 45 days.

Conduct and character: "good". Not in possession of any 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


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