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1284, Private Henry LILLEY — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born at Horningsea, Cambridgeshire c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 28th of July 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5'8.

Trade: Servant.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of April 1855.

Found "drowned" at Ismid on the 14th of January 1856.

Next of kin: his Father, William Lilley, living in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire.

Discharge & pension

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Commemorations

Death & burial


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