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919, Private Edward WILLIAMS — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Rahowson, Co. Westmeath.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Longford on the 16th of February 1846.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Labourer.

Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Dark hair.

Service

Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Mary Anne" on the 19th of April 1854. Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India for the Mutiny campaign 1st of October 1857.

From Private to Corporal: 5th of October 1857.

Corporal to Sergeant: 8th of March 1858.

"Absent without leave", 30th-31st ofMarch 1858. Confined, 1st-4th of April, and "reduced to the rank and pay of a Private Hussar" by a District Court-martial on the 5th of April 1858.

Discharge & pension

Discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on the 27th of April 1862, as:

"Unfit for further service. Suffers from Vaux and Chronic Rheumatism and is therefore recommended for discharge from the service.

The result of climatic and military service and not aggravated by vice or mis-conduct."

Served 16 years 36 days.

In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 11 months.

Conduct: "very good".

In possession of three Good Conduct badges.

Once entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Once tried by Court-martial.

Awarded a pension of 9d. per day for three years.

To live, c/o. Mrs. Williams, Great Water Street, Longford, Ireland, after discharge.

Medals & commemorations

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

Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

An entry on his documents (no date) states: "Dead".

Life after service

Death & burial

Died in the Longford Pension District, Ireland, on the 14th of December 1865.


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