Born at Mallow, Co. Cork, c.1829.
Enlisted at Cahir on the 17th of September 1847.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
From Corporal to Paymaster's Clerk (as Sergeant) on the 27th of July 1854.
From Private to Corporal: 28th of April 1852.
Sent to Scutari on the 16th of September 1854 and rejoined the Regiment on the 10th of November 1854.
See also the record of385 Francis Finnegan — 8th Hussars, whose wife Letitia is said byMrs Duberly to have drawn "her net" around Sergeant Lynch after her husband died in the Charge. Duberly remarks that he "wriggled out at the last moment".
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Killed in action at Gwalior, India, on the 17th of June 1858.
Next of kin: Mother, Ann Lynch, living Mallow, Co. Cork.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
The Returned Medal Book states: "Mutiny medal returned to the Mint. No trace of issue."
His name is recorded on a memorial tablet on a wall of St. John's Garrison Church at Meerut, India.
See also the record of979 Thomas Hanrahan, 8th Hussars.
Killed in action at Gwalior, India, on the 17th of June 1858.
Next of kin: Mother, Ann Lynch, living Mallow, Co. Cork.