Born in Cork.
Enlisted at Kilkenny on the 9th of October 1848 by "Special Enlistment" vide War Office Authority dated 5th of October 1848:
Age: 15.
Height: 4' 10"
Trade: None.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H. T. "Shooting Star" on the 25th of April 1854.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 7th of June 1854 of being "drunk on the line of March. Awarded 50 lashes, of which 25 were remitted.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 29th of September 1855 for 'quitting his past and being found asleep and drunk. "Awarded 50 lashes, of which 21 were remitted.
See full report in the "Memoirs" file of the Court of Enquiry which sat at Kadikoi on the 8th of October 1855 under which partial remission of a sentence of 50 lashes was allowed following his court-martial in the 29th of September 1855, and also the Records of Service of Colonel De Salis and Asst. Surgeon John Hulseberg re this Court of Enquiry.
See copy of a letter, in the "Memoirs" file, written by Col. De Salis and dated the 18th of December 1855, in which he refers to a Court-martial punishment parade held the previous week following William Trevor's further conviction for "Habitual Drunken-ness".
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 6th of March 1856 for "Disgraceful Conduct. Sentenced to receive 50 lashes, awarded 168 days' imprisonment. and to forfeit "All past and future service for good conduct pay or pension."
Confined from the 26th of September 1856, and tried on the 29th of September by a District Court-martial . Sentenced to receive 50 lashes and to lose 1d per day for two years.
Discharged, "as a bad character", from Dundalk on the 4th of November 1856.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.