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955, Private Patrick RYAN — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 11th of May 1846.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Medora" on the 27th of April 1854. Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 25th of August 1855 for "drunkenness" and given 50 lashes.

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.

Embarked for England on the 13th of February 1861.

Died "At Sea" on the 28th of March 1861.

Medals & commemorations

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

Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.

Served at Kotah and Gwalior.

Life after service

Death & burial


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