Born at Canford, Dorset.
1851 Census
Knighton, Dorset.
George Sherwood, 16, Farm Labourer, born Kinson, Canford.
Enlisted: 11th of March 1855.
Trade: Labourer.
Embarked for the Crimea on the 4th of September 1855 and arrived in the Crimea at Balaclava as part of a draft of 50 men under the command of Lt. Robert MacNeill, on the 29th of September 1855. Served in Eupatoria.
Died at General Hospital, Scutari on 27th of November 1855.
Entitled to Crimean medal without clasp and the Turkish Medal.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.