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1487, Private Edward LATHAM — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, c.1835.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Bristol on the 14th of January 1855.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Druggist.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Cork on the 15th of July 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Cahir on the 11th of August 1856, upon a payment of £30.

Served 1 year 150 days.

Conduct: "good".

Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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