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1784 George PROFFETT — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Birmingham.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Birmingham on the 2nd of January 1855.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Striker.

Service

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

A nominal roll of men of the regiment at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, made out on the 9th of November 1855, shows him as being On Duty there from the 24th of October.

Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Brighton on the 1st of February 1857. Regimental No. 193.

Joined the Canterbury Depot from India on the 13th of May 1867.

Re-engaged at Canterbury for a further 12 years' service on the 10th of June 1867.

Discharge & pension

Discharged from Canterbury on the 14th of December 1872.

"Free, with right of registry for a deferred pension of 4d. per day upon reaching the age of 50 years,"

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial


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