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1244, Private Edward WOOLEY — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 25th of May 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Brighton on the 29th of April 1855.

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

The musters for July-September 1858 show him as being "On Field Service" during September of the period.

In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 29th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.

Died, "in India", on the 1st of October 1859.

Death & burial

Died, "in India", on the 1st of October 1859.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal

Mutiny medal without clasp.

Further detailed medal information archived.


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