Born in the parish of St, John's, Hackney, London, 1835.
Originally served as No 1122 in the Tower Hamlet's Militia, being released in order to enlist into the 4th Light Dragoons.
Enlisted at London on the 15th of September 1854.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Shoe-maker.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes, Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of June 1855.
Transferred to the 17th Lancers at Aldershot on the 1st of September 1857. Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Re-engaged for 12 years further service on the 4th of September 1863.
From Private to Saddler-Corporal 21st of June 1864,
Corporal to Saddler-Sergeant 1st of November 1866.
Discharged from Aldershot on the 27th of January 1877.
"Free, to pension after 21 years' service."
Served 22 years 132 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year
In India: 7 years 7 months.
Conduct: "very good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges when promoted and would now have had five.
Four times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 44 years 4 months on discharge.
To live at No. 66 High Street, Stoke Newington, London.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal, Turkish medal, Indian Mutiny and the Long Service & Good Conduct medal.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol,
Mutiny medal without clasp.
Served at Rajghur with Captain William Gordon.
He was awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 1st of February 1873, with a gratuity of £5.
His Long Service medal only, is known to be in an English collection (1976).
1881 Census
The 1881 Census shows him as living at 31, Finsbury Square, London, the home of Harriet S. Baldwin, a Superintendent, Christian Association, as a Messenger, aged 46, born in Islington, London, with his wife, Elizabeth, as a Housekeeper, 43, born at Chelmsford, Essex.