Born at Ham, near Richmond, Surrey.
Enlisted at Westminster on the 9th of September 1854.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Servant.
Appearance: Fair complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of June 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 19th of July 1855.
Removed to Private 14th of August 1855.
"Absent without leave", 19th-24th of February 1858. Tried by a Regimental Court-martial and imprisoned from the 27th of February — 29th of March 1858.
Discharged, "by purchase", from Dundalk on the 11th of November 1864... He having paid the regulatory compensation of £10, which sum has been lodged in the hands of the Regimental Paymaster...
Served 10 years 23 days, to count.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months.
Conduct: "a good soldier".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Seven times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Once tried by Court-martial.
Intending to live at No. 39 South Street, Manchester Square, London after discharge.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Turkish medals.
He was awarded a Special Campaign Pension (no date shown).
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.