Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, c.1832.
Enlisted at London on the 28th of October 1850.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Robert Lawson, 19, Private, unmarried, born Ely, Cambridgeshire.
To England, "via Scutari", on the 1st of January 1855. He is shown as "with Lord Cardigan", and may possibly have returned to England with him.
Discharged, "by claim, time expired", from Cahir on the 19th of November 1862.
Conduct: "good". In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
(See record of 1415 John Lawson for note regarding a Crimean medal.)
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.