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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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1727, Private William SWAN — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Manchester on the 6th of December 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 28th of April 1855.

From Private to Corporal: 1st of April 1858.

Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of January 1860.

Shown as "Fencing Instructor" from the 1st of January 1861.

Promoted to Troop Sergeant Major on the 17th of November 1865.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "Limited service expired", from Edinburgh on the 5th of December 1866.

To live in Dublin after discharge.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial

Further information

To Sergeant: 1864


To reside at Dublin.

Discharge allowance: Edinburgh to Dublin, 8s.

Total allowance: 13s.


WO/12/668

WO/12/671


[Source:http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoons/swan2.html (accessed 6.1.2014).]


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