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Added 14.9.11

1136, Private Robert LING — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born c.1834/

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 23rd of September 1852.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from the Brighton Depot, embarking on the 24th of June 1854.

Discharge & pension

Medals

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

Commemorations

Death & burial

Killed-in-action at Balaclava.

Thomas Wright mentions him as being "shot dead by his side..." (See record of 1037 Thomas Wright.)


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