Born in the parish of St. James's, Liverpool, c.1819.
Enlisted at Liverpool on the 3rd of December 1837.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Painter.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Echunga" on the 15th of May 1854.
S erved in Lord Raglans Escort Troop during 1855.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Embarked for England on the 3rd of January 1860.
Discharged from Canterbury, "time expired", on the 7th of May 1860.
Served 12 years 238 days.
Conduct "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Re-attested for the 5th Lancers at Aldershot on the 29th of May 1860 with the Regimental number of 66.
Previous service in the 8th Hussars allowed to reckon towards pension. He was then 31 years of age.
Discharged from Canterbury on the 24th of October 1871.
"Having completed his second period of service."
Served 24 years 4 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 11 months
In India: 2 years 3 months.
Conduct: "very good".
In possession of five Good Conduct badges.
Twenty-two times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 42 years 5 months on discharge.
To live in Bayswater, London.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol, the Turkish Medal, Mutiny Medal with clasp for Central India, and the Long Service & Good Conduct medal with a gratuity of £5.
Entitled (according to the medal rolls) to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol only. His entitlement to the Alma clasp appears to have been written in on one of the rolls at some later date, although none is shown.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India. The Mutiny medal roll in the India Office states, "Wounded at Gwalior on the 17th of June 1858".
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
He was awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 12th of December 1868.
Admitted to In-Pension at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on the 1st of June 1886.
Reverted to Out-Pension on the 1st of May 1888 "to better himself."
Conduct: "good".
At the time of his entry into Chelsea Royal Hospital as an In-Pensioner on the 1st of June 1886 it was stated that his wife was dead, that he was of a "good" character, and that he had previously been living in the South London Pension District.
His entry was subject to his repaying £1/12/0 in over-drawn pension. He was then 57 years of age.