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1693 John SMITH — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Roscommon, Ireland.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 14th of December 1854.

Age: 24.

Height: 5' 5,"

Trade: Brick-layer.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 12th of May 1855.

Died "at Balaclava," on the 7th of July 1855.

Next of kin: Father, John Smith, living in Marylebone, London.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial


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