Amended 14.5.11

1854, Private Thomas COX - 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early years

Born in Paddington. London.

Enlistment

Enlisted in London on 20 March 1855.

Age 19. Trade : Servant.

Embarked for the Crimea on the 4th of September 1855 and arrived in the Crimea at Balaclava as part of a draft of 50 men under the command of Lt. Robert MacNeill, on the 29th of September 1855. Served in Eupatoria.

Discharged 30/8/56, by purchase at York.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to Crimean medal without clasp and the Turkish Medal.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial