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1498, Private Thomas SHEPHERD — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Stansfield, near Sudbury, Suffolk.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Sheffield on the 26th of December 1854.

He was a volunteer from the 2nd West Yorkshire Militia.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 15th of June 1855.

Service

Sent to Scutari on the 26th of July 1855 and invalided to England on the 23rd of August .

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.

Transferred to the 19th Hussars on the 1st of November 1863. Regimental No. 689.

En route for Calcutta on the 28th of February 1867.

Embarked for England on the 19th of March 1867

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 3rd of August 1867.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Lummis and Wynn state, "Name does not appear on the medal roll."

Mutiny medal without clasp.

Served with a detachment under Lieut. Colonel Edward Seager, being "On Field Service" from the 28th of December 1858 to the 21st of May 1859 ,and "In action at Boordah on the 5th of April 1859.".

Life after service

Death & burial


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