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1538, Private John STEPHENSON — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at King's Lynn on the 2nd of February 1852.

Age: 17.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Labourer.

Killed in action at Balaclava.

Next of kin: John Martin Stephenson (relationship not shown), living in West Lynn, Norfolk.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.

Life after service

Death & burial


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