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1303, Private Richard PARKER — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born at Royston, Hertfordshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Brighton on the 29th of August 1854.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Servant.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.

The muster roll states that he "Died at Sea" on the 13th of November 1855, "Presumed to be on his way to Scutari".

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Death & burial

The muster roll states that he "Died at Sea" on the 13th of November 1855, "Presumed to be on his way to Scutari".

Next of kin: his Mother, Sarah Parker, living in Itching [sic — presumably Hitchin], Hertfordshire.


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