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1195, Private Richard CRIPPS — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 30th of January 1854.

Age: 19

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 28th of May 1855.

Died "in the Regimental Hospital" in the Crimea on the 28th of August 1855.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Death & burial

Died "in the Regimental Hospital" in the Crimea on the 28th of August 1855.


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