Born at Plymouth, Devon.
Enlisted at Westminster on the 13th of September 1836.
Age: 19 years 10 months.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Porter.
Appearance: Dark complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
Returned to England aboard the "Mary" on the 13th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 12th of December 1841.
From Private to Corporal: 22nd of June 1847.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial and reduced to Private on the 5th of June 1850.
Discharged from Dublin on the 16th of October 1860.
"Free, to pension after 24 years' service."
Served 24 years 17 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 10 months
In India: 3 years 11 months.
Conduct: " a good soldier".
In possession of four Good Conduct badges.
Once tried by Court-martial.
Awarded a pension of 1/1d. per day.
To live at No. 9 Baynes Court, Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London, after discharge.
Aged 43 years 10 months on discharge.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Turkish medals.
Awarded the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
Died in the Brighton Pension District on the 9th of November 1862.
His death certificate shows that he died from "Cirrhosis of the Liver" at the age of 44 years at 14, Richmond Street in the parish of St. Peter's, Brighton. He was described as a Licensed Victualler. An Elizabeth Long, of the same address, was present at, and the informant of, his death. (There is a copy of this in the "Certificates" file.)
[PB, Jan 2014: Wendy Leahy states:]
Embarked from England 28.07.1837, arrived Bombay 14.12.1837.
Embarked from Bombay on"Mary" 28.07.1837, arrived London 12.03.1842.
Pension District: 1860: North London 1
1860: Brighton
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