Birth & early life
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Death & burial
Private John Callaghan - 1609, 13th Light Dragoons
1609 John CALLAGHAN.
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Born in Shoreditch, London.
Enlistment details
Enlisted at London on the 6th of June 1854.
No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.
In confinement 29th-30th April 1855.
To service troops 10 July 1855, arrived as part of a draft on 3 August 1855.
Served Eupatoria.
Died in the Regimental Hospital at Preston on the 30th of January 1862.
Next of kin: Father, Thomas Callaghan. Living in Shoreditch, London.
He left no will, but had the sum of £1/17/9d in his “credits”. Of this, £1/2/1 was given to the widow of his brother, Thomas, and 15/8 to his brother’s daughter.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Further information
From the Returned Medal Book... Crimean medal
Sent to the Mint. No trace of issue.
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