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1162, Private George KIRK — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Westminster on the 30th of January 1851.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Wilson Kennedy" on the 2nd of May 1854.

Sent to Scutari on the 20th of September and to rejoin the regiment on the 11th of October 1854.

Served with Lord Raglan's Escort Troop during 1855.

From Private to Corporal: 4th of October 1857.

Corporal to Sergeant: 16th of October 1867.

Shown as "Absent" from the 18th of October 1857.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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