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1421, Private David George LAUDER — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Dorchester c.1831.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Athlone, Ireland, on the 6th of September 1849.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 9".

Trade: None shown.

From Private to Corporal: 1st of December 1854.

At Scutari from the 4th of April — 11th of May 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Brighton on the 12th of December 1856. Payment of £20.

Served 7 years 97 days.

Conduct: "good".

In possession of one Good Conduct badge.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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