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Private William MARTIN - 1304, 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Kingsthorpe.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Newbridge on the 7th of September 1846.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 9". Trade: Labourer.

Service, discharge & pension

At Scutari Depot from the 11th of October 1854.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol.

Death & burial

Died "of cholera" in the General Hospital at Scutari on the 22nd of November 1854.


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