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1725, Private John THOMAS - 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 28th of December 1854.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Service, discharge & pension

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 13th of August 1855.

Sent to the Depot at York when the regiment went to Canada. 11th of September 1866.

Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 14th of November 1866.

Medals & commemorations

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


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