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1702, Private John MOORE — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in London, c.1831.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 27th of December 1854.

Age: 23.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Tailor.

Service

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

Confined from the 6th of January 1856, tried by a District Court-martial on the 15th for "Being asleep on his post", and was awarded 28 days imprisonment with hard labour.

Transferred to the 7th Hussars at Aldershot on the 1st of August 1857. Regimental No. 87.

Died "At Sea" on the passage home, 13th of June 1858.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Mutiny medal with clasp for Lucknow.

Served in the field in Oude, East Indies, from the 4th of February — 14th of May 1858, including the siege of Lucknow, 2nd-16th of March 1858.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial

Died "At Sea" on the passage home, 13th of June 1858.


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