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1242, Private William WEBB - 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Brighton on the 5th of June 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Brighton on the 20th of June 1855.

He was batman to Paymaster Stephenson from June of 1856.

Sent to the Depot at Canterbury with him on the 1st of October 1857.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 9th of July 1866.

Conduct: "very good."

In possession of two Good Conduct badges.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and theTurkish medal.

Life after service

Death & burial


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