Born at Axminster, Devonshire.
Enlisted at Hounslow on the 20th of September 1848.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Baker.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
George Sampson, aged 20, unmarried, Soldier, Private, born Axminster, Devon.
He was the servant of R.S.M. George Loy Smith in the Crimea. In his "Memoirs" Loy refers to him as "an excellent forager".
Died "in the General Hospital" at Scutari on the 21st of December 1855.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
Died "in the General Hospital" at Scutari on the 21st of December 1855.
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.