Born in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, London, c.1818.
Enlisted at Westminster on the 22nd of June 1838.
Age: 20 years 6 months.
Height: 5' 11".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
20 07 1838 Malabar England
14 11 1838 Malabar Bombay, India
10 11 1841: Mary Bombay, India
12 03 1842 Mary Gravesend, England
Sept 1854 Crimea
[Source: WL, Shadows of Time.]
Returned to England aboard the "Mary" on the 12th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 13th of December 1841.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 4th of July 1842 and imprisoned for 20 days.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 18th of March 1844 and imprisoned for 40 days.
Tried by a Garrison Court-martial on the 23rd of September 1847 and was "imprisoned for three months and a stoppage of pay of 1d. per day for thirty days after this sentence was completed."
He was at the "Sick Horse Depot" on the 5th of November 1854.
PB: More on his time in Crimea?
4th Quarter 1855: 11 days on ship, 81 days on shore
Discharged from Newbridge on the 31st of March 1863.
"Free, at own request, having served 24 years."
Served 24 years 122 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 10 months. India 3 years,
Conduct: "latterly good".
In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Forty-eight times entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Three times tried by Court-martial
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 4th of July 1842 and imprisoned for 20 days.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 18th of March 1844 and imprisoned for 40 days.
Tried by a Garrison Court-martial on the 23rd of September 1847 and was "imprisoned for three months and a stoppage of pay of 1d. per day for thirty days after this sentence was completed."
Aged 44 years 10 months on discharge.
Awarded a pension of 9d. per day.
1863: North London 1 and West London 1
1865: West London 1, Ipswich and Birmingham
1866: Leeds and Birmingham
1867: Coventry
1872: Coventry
1873: Birmingham
[Source: WL, Shadows of Time.]
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Turkish medals.
Intended place of residence after discharge, "The Hampshire Hog", Charles Street, Westminster.
Died at Birmingham on the 4th of March 1875 from "Phthisis and Exhaustion. (2 years)". He was shown as being aged 51 [sic] years of age, a Chelsea Pensioner. His address at the time of death being 5, Queen Street, King's Norton, Birmingham.
His widow, M.A. Garvey, was present at, and the informant of his death. (See copy of his death certificate in the "Certificates" file.)
WO/23/52
WO/23/62
WO/12/648-649
WO/12/651
WO/12/660
WO/12/667
[Source: WL, Shadows of Time.]