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978, Private William SAUNDERS — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in the parish of St. Peter's, Coventry.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 20th of November 1838.

Trade: Servant.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Returned to England from India on the 27th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 28th of December 1841.

Died "at Balaclava," on the 8th of August 1855.

Next of kin: Uncle, William Saunders, living at Padbury, Wiltshire.

Medals & commemorations

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

Further detailed medal information archived.

Life after service

Death & burial

Died, "at Balaclava", on the 8th of August 1855.


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