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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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Added 26.11.12. Minor edits 2.4.14, 4.4.14.

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1735 William SPRAGG — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Wilton.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Manchester by the 3rd L.D. for the 4th on the 19th of December 1854.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Musician.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.

Sent to Scutari on the 10th of October 1855 and later invalided to England on the 23rd of October.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by purchase", from Brighton on the 2nd of July 1856. Payment of £30.

Served 1 year 105 days.

Conduct: "very good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

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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