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1742, Private Richard THRUSH - 13th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Watford, Hertfordshire.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Maidstone on the 15th of December 1854.

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.

"Absent from watch-setting" on the 14th of October 1857 until apprehended at Cahir on the 20th of October. Handed over to the Civil Power on the 16th of November 1857.

Discharged from Cahir, "whilst in the custody of the Civil Power for felony", on the 30th of December 1857.

Conduct and character: "Bad". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

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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