Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, c.1819, and was baptised there on the 18th of August 1819, the son of John and Ellen Lynch.
Enlisted at Maidstone on the 26th of November 1838.
Trade: Mechanic.
No other enlistment details are shown.
Returned to England aboard the "Mary" on the 12th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 13th of December 1841.
From Private to Corporal: 27th of December 1849.
Corporal to Sergeant: 16th of July 1854.
At Scutari General Hospital from the 22nd of October 1854 and was sent to rejoin the regiment on the 11th of October. [PB: Sort out dates]
He is said to have been "Killed-in-action at Balaclava", but he may have died in Russian captivity soon after.
762 John Lincoln, 13th Light Dragoons, mentions Richard Lynch in a letter to his (Lincoln's) brother in November 1854:
"Some of the men were terribly mutilated. I saw Sergeant Lynch of the 4th Light Dragoon: hacked about in a most dreadful manner; this was at the village where we were taken to on the 25th."
From this it would appear that Lynch died of wounds while a prisoner of war, and was not killed-in-action in the field.
Next of kin: Mother, Ellen Lynch, living in Oldham, Lancashire.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Balaclava and Sebastopol.
He is said to have been "Killed-in-action at Balaclava", but he may have died in Russian captivity soon after.
762 John Lincoln, 13th Light Dragoons, mentions Richard Lynch in a letter to his (Lincoln's) brother in November 1854:
"Some of the men were terribly mutilated. I saw Sergeant Lynch of the 4th Light Dragoon: hacked about in a most dreadful manner; this was at the village where we were taken to on the 25th."
From this it would appear that Lynch died of wounds while a prisoner of war, and was not killed-in-action in the field.
Next of kin: Mother, Ellen Lynch, living in Oldham, Lancashire.