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969, Private Cornelius KELLEHER — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Cork, c.1822.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 11th of May 1846.

Age: 24.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: None.

Confined, 7th-27th of February 1847, tried by a District Court-Martial for a military offence (not specified), and sentenced to 84 days' imprisonment in Limerick Military Prison.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Echunga" on the 15th of May 1854.

Died, "in the Camp Hospital" in the Crimea, on the 15th of June 1855.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial

Died, "in the Camp Hospital" in the Crimea, on the 15th of June 1855.


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