Born at Knightsbridge, London.
Enlisted at Hampton Court on the 21st of July 1851.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Servant.
Appearance: Pale complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Wounded in action at Balaclava and after being sent to Scutari on the 26th of October 1854 was invalided to England on the 23rd of February 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 25th of July 1855.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of October 1857.
Transferred to the 18th Hussars on the 1st of March 1858. Regimental No. 11.
1861 Census
18th Hussars, Aldershot, Surrey
J Carter, unmarried, 27, Non commissioned officer, Sergeant, born Knightsbridge, Middlesex.
Discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on the 4th of November 1862:
"Unfit for military service. Has dyspepsia and a tendency towards Phthisis [TB]. Origin stems from constitutional infirmity and military service.
He was wounded at Balaclava during the Cavalry charge in the right arm by the bursting of a shell, vide his small book signed by Captain Moore: Bears marks of shell wound on right arm."
Served 11 years 79 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 12 months.
Conduct and character: "good". Would have been in possession of two Good Conduct badges if not promoted.
Never entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial.
A letter was sent to him to attend a Medical Board on the 6th of December 1865. This he did on the 8th of December 1865 and was granted a final pension of 6d. per day for six months from the 19th of December 1865.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with one clasp (not specified) and the Turkish medal.
The medal roll "Remarks" column, dated 2nd of May 1856, shows "Sent on a certificate signed by Colonel Low". But it is impossible to say whether this refers to the whole medal or specific clasp(s).
Census information for 1861 kindly provided by Chris Poole.