Born in Surrey.
1841 Census
The 1841 Census shows him aged 10, son of Ann Deacon, living in St Mary Magdalen parish, Bermondsey. [RM]
1851 Census
Address?
By 1851, aged 22, he was still living with his mother, a Washerwoman. His occupation was given as "Barman". [RM]
Enlisted at London on the 27th of January 1852.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Servant.
At Scutari, 4th of April — 10th of May 1955.
Discharged, "by claim", from Dublin on the 24th of May 1864.
Conduct: "good". In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
1881 Census
90, Spa Rd, [Bermondsey?]
In the 1881 Census he was described as, aged 52, a Beer Seller, living with his wife Rachael, 59, born Westminster. [RM]
Death registration
His death at the age of 58 is recorded in the GRO registers in the June Quarter of 1888 at Bermondsey, St Olave. [RM]