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1890, Private James SWIFT - 13th Light Dragoons

Added 2.5.11

Birth & early life

Born at Knowlton, Kent.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Maidstone on the 4th of April 1855.

Trade: Labourer.

No other enlistment details shown.

Service, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of August 1855.

Discharged "time expired", from Toronto, Canada, on the 14th of April 1867.

There is no indication if he remained in Canada or returned to England.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.


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