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1768, Private Alexander SQUIRES — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 10th of November 1854.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 9".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

He was tried by a District Court-martial on the 23rd of September 1855 for being "drunk on duty, under arms." Awarded 42 days imprisonment, with hard labour

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "on the Reduction of the Regiment", from Canterbury on the 9th of November 1856.

Served 1 year 331 days.

Conduct: "Bad".

Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Further detailed medal information archived.

Life after service

Death & burial


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