Born at Egham, Surrey.
Enlisted at Heston on the 11th of December 1851.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Shooting Star" on the 25th of April 1854.
At Scutari from the 26th of October — 9th of December 1854.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 4th of May 1855 for "being drunk whilst conveying an Army dispatch." Awarded 50 lashes, but this sentence was remitted.
Discharged from Dundalk on the 29th of January 1857.
"Totally unfit for further service. Has Enuresis of the right eye — caused by a stone thrown up by the horse in front of him. The accident occurred on duty on the 25th of September 1854."
Aged 23 years 2 months on discharge.
Served 5 years 48 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 9 months. Was granted a pension of 7d per day for 1 year 6 months.
To live in the South London Pension District and was still there in 1875.
Refused further pension on the 29th of November 1895.
Granted a pension of 9d. per day following a medical board which sat on the 19th of September 1897.
Refused further pension — "as long as he can see from the left eye." 12th of November 1900.
Letter from him asking that — "Medals (if any) may be recorded" — dated the 16th of May 1902. Entry in red ink. The War Office, 26th of May 1902. "Awarded Crimean medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol..."
Called up for a Medical Board at Windsor and recommended an increase to 18d. per day, and this was sanctioned on the 27th of August 1902.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol.