Birth & early life
Born at Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Enlistment
Enlisted at London on the 14th of November 1854.
Age: 17 years 10 months.
Height: 5’ 7”.
Trade: Clerk.
Features: Fresh complexion. Brown eyes. Lt. brown hair.
Service, discharge & pension
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
Sent to Scutari on the 25th of August 1855, invalided to England on the 6th of October, and joined the Depot on the 6th of November 1855.
Transferred to the 2nd Bn. of the Military Train at Cahir on the 1st of November 1856. Regimental No. 982.
From Private to Corporal: 1st of January 1857.
Corporal to Sergeant: 24th of June 1858.
Appointed to Pay-master Sergeant on the 1st of December 1858.
Deserted on the 19th of September 1860 and rejoined the regiment on the 31st of August 1861.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 1st of September 1861, reduced to Private and marked with the letter “D”.
He was also imprisoned 1st of September - 3rd of November 1861 and to forfeit his previous service of 5 years 249 days. This service was restored by War Office letter, dated the 6th of February 1867.
Re-engaged at Dublin for a further 9 years 232 days service.
From Private to Corporal: 7th of October 1864.
Transferred to the Army Service Corps, as a Corporal, on the 14th of February 1870.
Corporal to Sergeant: 2nd of July 1870.
Appointed 3rd Class Staff Sergeant: 8th of June 1872.
Appointed 2nd Class Staff Sergeant: 16th of December 1875.
Discharged from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, on the 27th of March 1877, as “Free to pension, on completion of 21 years service.”
Served 20 years 364 days. In Turkey and the Crimea, 10 months (sic). India, 2 years 2 months. Gibraltar, 2 years 9 months.
Conduct: “very good.” Would, if not promoted, now be in possession of two Good Conduct badges. Once tried by Court-martial.
Aged 40 years 2 months on discharge.
Medals & commemorations
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasp, Turkish Medal and the Mutiny medal with two clasps.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal. Mutiny medal with clasps for Lucknow and the Relief of Lucknow.
Served with the force under the command of H.E. the Commander-in-Chief and Lucknow and with that under Sir Janes Outram at Alum Bagh.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
To live at No. 1 Reform Place, Stratford, Essex.
Editor’s note:
The 1881 Census Returns show Dallinger as a “Barrack Serjeant” aged 43, born at Wood Green, Middlesex, at Horfield Barracks, Gloucester. His wife Adelaide was aged 32, born at Lyme Regis, whilst his eldest daughter also called Adelaide was aged 12, born Ireland. Dallinger’s eldest sons were Frederick, aged 10, and Bernard, aged 8, both born at Woolwich. Also a daughter, Marian, aged 5, born Gibraltar, and sons Jonathan, aged 2, born Woodbridge, Suffolk, and George, 8 months, born Horfield.
There is also a man of this name shown as dying in the March 1894 quarter in the Medway District (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham), age not stated.
Death & burial
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