1307 John CHANDLER — 8th Hussars
Born at Naunton, Stow-in-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
Enlisted at Gloucester on the 9th of May 1854.
Age: 23.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Labourer.
Fair complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of April 1855.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Embarked for England on the 9th of January 1862.
Discharged from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, on the 23rd of June 1863, as:
"Medically unfit from pulmonary consumption. States that his trouble started from a cough in 1861, accompanied by pains in the chest and from expectoration.
He is quite in-effectual for further service. His advanced Phthisis renders him helpless in every way."
Aged 31 years 2 months on discharge.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year.
East Indies, 4 years 10 months.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with one clasp and the Mutiny medal with one clasp.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
A note on his documents states, "Dead" — No date is shown.
Died in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 6th of May 1864.