Born at Bromley, Kent.
Enlisted at Maidstone on the 18th of February 1855.
Age: 22.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 7th of July 1855.
Re-engaged at Canterbury for a further 12 years service on the 16th of January 1867.
Discharged from Colchester on the 20th of December 1873 as "Medically unfit to proceed abroad with the regiment. Granted free discharge to modified pension after 18 years service."
Served 18 years 137 days.
Conduct and character: "Very good indeed."
In possession of three Good Conduct badges."
Never entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial
Aged 40 years 9 months on discharge.
To live in Maidstone, Kent, but he was living in Leeds in 1875.
Next of kin (in 1868) wife, Mary Weller.
Awarded a pension of 10d. per day.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean, Turkish Medal and Long Service medals. Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Was awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 2nd of August 1873, with a gratuity of £5.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
The 1881 Census Return shows a man of this name was living in Loppington, Shropshire, a Coachman (Domestic) aged 49, born in Beckenham, Kent, with his wife, Mary A, a Domestic Servant, aged 41, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and two sons, both Scholars.