Born in York.
Enlisted at London on the 17th of November 1852.
Age: 17.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Clerk.
The Balaclava-period muster roll states: "In hospital".
"Deserted" from Hounslow on the 9th of March 1857.
Can find no further trace to March 1865.
Next of kin: Father, John De'Stedman [sic?], living in Liverpool.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Alma and Sebastopol.