Enlisted at Brighton on the 17th of October 1854.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 5"
Trade: None shown.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st 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 (name spelt as "Reid") as being On Duty there from the 24th of October.
Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards on the 1st of March 1857. Regimental No. 313.
Is shown on the muster roll for October-December of 1868, but there is no entry for him in the first quarter of 1869.
Can find no further trace to March of 1879.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Born at Billingshurst, Sussex.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Transferred to the 19th Hussars on the 19th of January 1869. Regimental No. 958. Is named as "John Reid." in the 19th Hussar musters.
Discharged from Kilmainham Hospital on the 23rd of April 1872.
"Has Chronic Bronchitis — the probable result of climate and military duty in India."
Served 17 years 6 months.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months
In India: 12 years 4 months.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Awarded the medal for Abyssinia.
Landed in Abyssinia on the 16th of March 1868.
219 medals were awarded to the regiment for this campaign.