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Private John MARNEY - 1784, 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Stoke, Devon.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Exeter on the 23rd of January 1855.

No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.

Service, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 7th of July 1855.

Deserted "off furlo" on the 15th of December 1856.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

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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