Born at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk.
Enlisted at Ipswich on the 5th of July 1836.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Labourer.
Features: Swarthy complexion. Grey eyes. Light brown hair.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial and imprisoned "for absence" from the 29th of January — 14th of February 1842.
A daughter, Ellen M. was born to him and his wife, Margaret, at Hampton Court in 1854.
From Private to Corporal: 2nd of August 1854.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of January 1855 — and becoming a Rough-Rider Sergeant
Sent to Scutari, "on duty", from the 30th of June 1855.
Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India on 1st of October 1857
Discharged from Maidstone on the 4th of September 1860, "On request, free to pension, after 24 years service," per Authority of the Horse Guards, dated the 17th of August 1860.
Served 24 years 31 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 2 years.
Conduct: "has been good."
In possession of three Good Conduct badges when promoted to Sergeant
To live in Richmond, Surrey, but he was in Birmingham in 1875.
Granted a pension of 1/8d. per day.
Next of kin: in 1854, a wife, Margaret Sewell, living in Glasgow.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.