Born in Birmingham.
Enlisted at Birmingham on the 16th of November 1853.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Gun-maker.
Discharged, "time expired", from Norwich, on the 17th of November 1865.
Served 12 years.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Next of kin (1n 1854). Mother, Mrs. Fowkes. Living in Anchor Yard, off Dartmouth Street, Birmingham.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
A man of this name is shown in the 1881 Census Returns as living at No, 110 Windsor Street, Aston, Warwick, as a Widower, a Leather Case Maker, aged 45, born in Birmingham with his three children the two eldest sons being a Metal Roller and a Printer's Machinist.