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1743, Private Edward LOMAS — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born c.1837.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Manchester on the 3rd of January 1855.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.

Died, "in the Crimea," on the 12th of August 1855.

No next of kin are shown, the muster roll stating, "Small book lost."

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial

Died, "in the Crimea," on the 12th of August 1855.

No next of kin are shown, the muster roll stating, "Small book lost."


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