Born in Edinburgh.
Enlisted at London on the 29th of April 1855.
No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a labourer are shown.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Dublin on the 20th of June 1855.
Discharged "by purchase" from Dublin on the 29th of April 1857. Payment of £30.
Served 2 years 27 days.
Conduct: "good".
Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
[Ed: Returned medal book states His Crimea and Turkish medals were returned to the mint]