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1667, Private John McGUIGHAN — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Liverpool c.1833.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Liverpool on the 6th of January 1855.

Age: 22.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

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

p>Died in the "Regimental Hospital" on the 14th of August 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Although recorded by Lummis and Wynn, they do not credit him with a medal or clasp(s).

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial

Died in the "Regimental Hospital" on the 14th of August 1855.


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