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1596, Private William ROBINSON — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Market Wreighton [?], c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Manchester on the 6th of February 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Clerk.

Service

Sent to Scutari on the 13th of December 1854, and died there on the 10th of February 1855.

Next of kin: Brother, Richard Robinson. "At the Training School," York.

Medals

Entitled (according to the medal rolls) to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman. He is not shown on the medal roll for the Sebastopol clasp.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Sent to Scutari on the 13th of December 1854, and died there on the 10th of February 1855.


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