Enlisted on the 20th of July 1854.
No other enlistment details are shown.
This man is recorded by Lummis and Wynn as No. "1761" Thomas Smith, but this number was allocated to Charles Bickerton, and is recorded as such by them.
He joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
He is shown on a nominal roll made out at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, on the 9th of November 1855 as having been On Duty there from the 31st of August.
Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Hounslow on the 31st of January 1857. Regimental No. 122.
Embarked for India aboard the "Ghengis Khan."
From Private to Corporal: 1st of April 1858.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of December 1858.
Discharged by purchase in India, on the 26th of November 1860. Payment of £25.
Served 6 years 139 days.
Conduct and character: "most excellent". Equal to one Good Conduct badge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
The error in Regimental numbers also appears on the medal roll for this clasp.