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Private William EAST - 1236, 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Born at Burnham, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 19th of May 1854.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Features: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair.

Service, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of April 1855.

Discharged from Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin, on the 12th of January 1857. Cause of discharge: "Is of a weakly constitution and unlikely to become efficient."

Served 2 years 236 days.

In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year.

Conduct and character: "good".

Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Awarded a pension of 6d. per day for a period of nine months.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

Life after service

To live at Staines, near Windsor, on discharge.

Death & burial


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