Born in London.
Enlisted at London on the 23rd of May 1851.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: None shown.
From Private to Corporal: 10th of May 1854.
From Corporal to Sergeant: on the 25th of October 1854.
Lummis and Wynn state that he is believed to have rescued Pte. William Purvis of the 17th Lancers when the latter's horse was shot, however it has been established that the "Cpl. Chadwick" referred to came from the 4th Dragoon Guards. (No. 998 Pte.,later Cpl. Thomas Chadwick ) (See also record of 868 William Purvis of the 17th Lancers.)
Served at Eupatoria.
Transferred to the 7th Hussars, (as a Sgt.) on the 1st of September 1857. Regtl. No.142.
Left England with the regiment aboard "The Lightening" from Gravesend on 27th of August 1857, arrived at on the Calcutta 30th of November 1857.
Reduced to Pte. by a Regtl. Court-martial on the 4th of March 1858.
Served in the field in Oude, East Indies, from the 4th of February -14 of May 1858, including the Siege of Lucknow, 2-16 of March 1858.
From Private to Corporal: 18th of May 1859.
The medal roll states he was slightly wounded at Nawabgunge 13th of June 1858.
Discharged, "time expired," from Canterbury on the 4th of June 1863.
Conduct, "good". In possession of one Good Conduct badge from 1st of June 1863.
Sent money from the Crimea to his brother, William, at "The Good's Yard Depot," March Lane, Leeds.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Lucknow.
A supplementary roll (undated) signed by Major Henry Holden shows him as being issued with the Crimean medal (with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman) on the 7th of October 1855.
Lummis and Wynn say that Chadwick attended the Annual Dinner in 1899 and may possibly have ridden in the Charge, but no trace can be found of his ever belonging to the Balaclava Commemoration Society or of ever attending any of the other veteran's functions.
Nothing conclusive can be found on the 1881 Census Return.