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1457, Private James McCUE — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Mullinger, Ireland, c.1834.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Manchester on the 18th of November 1854.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

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

Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Dundalk on the 31st of December 1856. Regimental No. 54.

Death & burial

Death & burial

Died at Maidstone on the 11th of March 1872.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Medal for Abyssinia.

The Returned medal book states: " Crimean, Turkish and Abyssinian medals sent to the Mint. No trace of issue.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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