Born in London.
Enlisted at London on the 16th of November 1838.
No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.
From Private to Corporal: 18th of October 1844.
Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 1st of January 1844.
From Private to Corporal: 14th of May 1847.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial for "being absent without leave." Reduced to Pte., but was returned to Cpl., on the 18th of March 1854.
Corporal to Sergeant: 10th of July 1854.
Wounded and taken prisoner of war during the Charge at Balaclava on the 25th of October 1855.
Entitled to the Crimean medasl with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
The Sebastopol clasp roll states, "Since dead." There is no mention of any confirming date.
Next of kin: Sister, Louise Shea, living in Chelsea, London.
A Crimean medal with clasps for A.B. and S. and "named" to him, was an exhibit in a trial held at Manchester in July of 1977 when two Midland medal dealers were convicted of falsifying the naming on Crimean medals.
The forged naming medal has been restored by the police to the collector originally involved, who has pledged never to dispose of it. But little credence can be attached to this however, as at least three of the forged medals (1982) are known to be in circulation.
The forged naming medal to him is now (1983) known to be in the possession of a Midlands medal dealer.