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1435, Private James NOLAN — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Dublin, c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 5th of November 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 9".

Trade: Servant.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 6th of July 1855.

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Weedon on the 24th of January 1867.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.

Served at Kotah and Gwalior.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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