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1386, Private James SOUTER — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Kirkpatrick, Dumfries.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Liverpool on the 2nd of May 1848.

Age: 17.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

From Private to Corporal: 16th of November 1853.

Died, "of cholera", in the Crimea on the 22nd of September 1854.

Next of kin: Father, Robert Souter, living in Kirkpatrick.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Lummis and Wynn state,"Name is not on medal roll", but he is to be found on the Sebastopol clasp roll.

Death & burial

Died, "of cholera", in the Crimea on the 22nd of September 1854.

Next of kin: Father, Robert Souter, living in Kirkpatrick.


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