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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
The E.J. Boys Archive

1692 John PRIOR — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Hertford.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 10th of June 1854.

No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 24th of May 1855.

In the Camp Hospital during June of 1855.

Sent to the Depot when the regiment went to India. 25th of July 1866.

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 30th of July 1866.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Further medal information archived.


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