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Private George LANGFORD - 1704, 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Clapham, Surrey.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 6th of November 1854.,

Age: 19.

Height: 5" 8".

Trade: Smith.

Service, discharge & pension

Embarked for the Crimea on the 4th of September 1855 and arrived in the Crimea at Balaclava as part of a draft of 50 men under the command of Lt. Robert MacNeill, on the 29th of September 1855. Served in Eupatoria

Deserted from Longford on the 16th of September 1857.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to Crimean medal without clasp and the Turkish Medal.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Can find no further trace to March of 1867.

Death & burial


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