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389, Private Edward LOFTUS — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born at Powerstock, near Bridport, Dorset, c.1815.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 20th of June 1832.

Age: 17.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Batman to Cornet Cleveland early 1854.

Killed in action at Balaclava.

Next of kin: his wife, Mary Loftus, living in Kingston (not shown which county).

Discharge & pension

Medals

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

Further detailed medal information archived.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Killed in action at Balaclava.

Next of kin: his wife, Mary Loftus, Living in Kingston (not shown which county).

Further information

Two children are shown in the Army Chaplain's Baptismal Registers as having been born to him and his wife Mary: Joseph T., born in Edinburgh in 1842 and John T., born in Dublin in 1848.

See Roy Dutton, Forgotten Heroes for orphans entry.


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