Born at Killkenny, Ireland.
Enlisted at Killbeggen on the 19th of May 1844.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Groom.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Died at Edinburgh on the 30th of December 1860.
Died in Piershill Barracks, Jock's Lodge, Edinburgh, from "Anasarca, consequent upon disease of the lungs, (299 days)". Edward Anderson, a neighbour, was present at his death. Described as being a "Soldier, a Private in 13th Light Dragoons aged 32 years, and a "single" man". He was buried in Restalig Churchyard, Edinburgh.