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975, Private Frederick MELROSE — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born c.1827.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 27th of June 1848.

Age: 21.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: None shown.

Medals

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

Further detailed medal information archived.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial

Killed in action at Balaclava.

He was known in the Regiment as a Shakespearean actor and a few moments before his death by a cannon-shot had exclaimed, "What man here would ask for nothing more from England?"


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