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1234, Private William DAY — 17th Lancers

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 15th of May 1854.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 9th of May 1855.

Sent to Scutari on the 29th of May 1855 and returned to England, "for the benefit of his health", on the 10th of June 1855.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Death & burial

Sent to Portsmouth on "Sick leave" and died there on the 13th of August 1855.


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