Enlisted at Manchester on the 6th of December 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: None shown.
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.
Discharged, "Limited service expired", from Edinburgh on the 5th of December 1866.
To live in Dublin after discharge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
[PB, Jan 2014: Wendy Leahy states:]
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).]