Born in St. Pancras, London, c.1831.
Enlisted at Westminster on the 3rd of August 1849.
Age: 18 years 2 months.
Height: 5' 11".
Trade: Servant.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H T. "Wilson Kennedy" on the 2nd of May 1856.
Invalided to England on the 27th of March 1856.
Embarked for India aboard the S. S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
From Private to Corporal: 7th of April 1858.
"Confined": 10th-12th of January 1860.
Sentenced to be reduced to Private, but this sentence was remitted, and he was released to his former rank.
From Corporal to Sergeant: 12th of July 1861.
Re-engaged for 12 years' further service on the 7th of August 1861.
Confined for "absence", 12th-15th of October 1861 and reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 16th of October 1861.
Next of kin: Wife, Harriet Downs.
They were on the Regimental "Married roll" from the 17th of October 1865, and had two children by the 31st of March 1873.
Discharged from Longford, "at his own request, after 21 years' service," on the 24th of June 1873.
Served 23 years 299 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 9 months.
India: 6 years 7 months.
Served at Kotah.
Conduct: "very good".
In possession of four Good Conduct badges.
Seven times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Once tried by Court-martial.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol, the Turkish Medal, Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India, and the Long Service & Good Conduct medal with a gratuity of £5.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 5th of October 1871.