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1904 Henry MOODY — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Doddington.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Maidstone on the 11th of May 1840.

Trade: Grocer.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Embarked for India on the 5th of June 1840 and joined the Regiment on the 28th of October 1840.

Returned to England aboard the "Mary" on the 12th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 13th of December 1841.

Killed in action at Balaclava.

Next of kin: Wife, Sarah Moody, living at No. 1 Willoughby Street, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Medals

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

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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