Born at Kendal, Westmoreland.
Enlisted at York on the 1st of January 1849.
Age: 22.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Clerk.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
From Private to Corporal: 1st of October 1852.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of October 1854.
At Scutari from the 4th of October 1854 and sent to rejoin the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of 0ctober.
At Scutari on Staff Employ (attached to the 1st Dragoon Guards) from the 15th of December 1855.
Left at Scutari from the 3rd of May 1855 and rejoined the regiment on the 19th of June.
Appointed to Troop Sergeant Major on the 1st of January 1856.
Re-engaged at Edinburgh for a further 12 years service on the 25th of July 1860.
Promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major on the 18th of January 1869.
He was appointed manager of the Cavalry Brigade Canteen at Aldershot on the 1st of January 1873 and in September of 1874 was concerned in the Court-martial in which Riding-Master Crouch of the 19th Hussars was accused (and dismissed the service) for obtaining money from him "by means of cheques for which no funds were held by the bank".
Discharged from Aldershot on the 7th of June 1873, "By claim, after termination of second period of limited engagement.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 2 years. Canada, 2 years 11 months.
Conduct: "very good indeed." Had he not been promoted would now be in possession of five Good Conduct badges.
Never entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 46 years 2 months on discharge.
Awarded a pension of 2/6d. per day. Living in the South London Pension District in 1875.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Documents confirm the award of the Long Service medal but make no mention of those for the Crimea.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 7th of July 1869 with a Private's gratuity of £5. (Claimed £10.)
1881 Census
Huddersfield Road, Lockwood, Yorkshire.
A "George Senior", aged 53, No Occupation, born at Kendal in Westmoreland, is shown living with an unmarried sister and two other relations.
1881 Census
Lockwood Rd, Lockwood, Huddersfield.
George Senior was "living on own means", with his wife Elizabeth, aged 62, born Linthwaite, Yorks. [RM]
Death registered
George Senior, aged 65, December Quarter 1892, Huddersfield. [RM]
RM: A photograph of an RSM of the 13th Hussars appeared in "Regiment" magazine in August 2005. He is shown in uniform wearing Crimean and Long Service & Good Conduct medals. Given the details known of Senior, it would seem that this is indeed a portrait.