LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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1838 Thomas McDONALD — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Mountknellie, Ireland, c.1837.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 4th of February 1855.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7.".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Edinburgh on the 19th of February 1867. Conduct and character: "Indifferent." Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial