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Private George MAY — 1555, 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born c.1833.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Westminster on the 2nd of August 1852.

Age: 19.

Height: 5'8" [CHECK with EJB MSS].

Trade: None shown.

Sent to Scutari on the 18th of December 1855.

Died "of dysentery" at Scutari on the 20th of January 1855

Next of kin: Brother, William May, living in Reading, Berkshire.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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