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1651, Private Henry DREANEY — 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Guildford, Surrey, c.1836.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Liverpool on the 12th of April 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 6".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards on the 1st of January 1857.

Sent to the Invalid Depot at Chatham on the 18th of June 1857.

Died at Chatham on the 25th of July 1857.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died at Chatham on the 25th of July 1857.


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