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1591, William PARKER — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Broadwater, Sussex.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Brighton on the 7th of February 1854.

Age: 21.

Height: 5' 8,"

Trade: Porter.

Service

Sent to Scutari on the 21st of December 1854 and died there on the 3rd of January 1855.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.

The medal roll states: "At the Sick Horse Depot on the 5th of November 1854."

Life after service

Death & burial


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