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1272, Private William ANDREWS — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 8th of July 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Brighton on the 29th of April 1855.

Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.

The musters for July-September of 1858 show him as no service movement during the whole of this period.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "time expired", from Aldershot on the 3rd of September 1866.

Medals & commemorations

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

Can find no trace on the Mutiny medal roll.

Life after service

To live in Cirencester after discharge.

Death & burial


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