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1449, Private George WHEELER - 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Bray, Berkshire, on the 8th of August 1817 and baptised there on the 14th of September 1817, the son of George Wheeler, a labourer, and his wife, Eliza (nee Taylor.)

Enlistment

Enlisted at Hounslow on the 24th of October 1849.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Servant.

"Deserted" from Hounslow on the 6th of July 1858.

Can find no further trace to March of 1865.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.


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