Born at Farringdon [presumably Faringdon], Berkshire, c.1830.
Enlisted at Hounslow on the 7th of November 1848.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Farmer.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
John Myers, 20, Private, born Farringdon [Faringdon?], Berks.
From Private to Corporal: 5th of September 1851.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial, reduced to Private and imprisoned from the 5-10 of March 1853.
Died, "in the Crimea", on the 27th of December 1854.
Next-of-kin: Father, Thomas Myers, living in Wallingford, Berkshire.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
Further medal information archived.
Died, "in the Crimea", on the 27th of December 1854.
Next-of-kin: Father, Thomas Myers, living in Wallingford, Berkshire.
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.