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688, Private Samuel WALKER — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Beeston, near Leeds, Yorkshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Leeds on the 26th of December 1839.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 9".

Trade: Engineer.

Appearance: Fair complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Medora" on the 27th of April 1854.

At Scutari General Depot from the 7th and to Varna on the 21st of August 1854.

Sent to Scutari on the 27th of April and was invalided to England in June of 1855.

Discharge

Discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on the 4th of September 1855:

"Considered unfit for further service by chronic ulcers of the legs — particularly the left — suffers also from varicose veins."

Served 15 years 210 days.

Conduct — There is no document at Newbridge by which his character can be ascertained — except by the parole evidence of Garrison Sergeant Major Marriot who served in the 8th Hussars with Walker, that his conduct and character have been, "Good."

Aged 36 years on discharge.

He was awarded a pension of 6d. per day for one year, "conditional" until the 25th of August 1864, when it was made "permanent."

To live in Leeds after discharge, and he was still there in 1875.

Medals & commemorations

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

Last pension letter dated the 10th of November 1878.

Life after service

Death & burial


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