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Private William GODDEN - 1633, 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 22nd of July 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Pianoforte-maker.

Service, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 21st of May 1855:

"Deserted" from Hamilton on the 26th of May 1860 and rejoined the regiment on the 18th of June 1860.

Discharged, on the "Reduction of the Regiment", from Hamilton on the 1st of September 1860.

Served 2 years 39 days to count..

Conduct: "Indifferent." Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial


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