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1373, Private John GALLAGHER — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born at Manchester.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Newbridge on the 21st of July 1854.

Trade: Tailor.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of July 1855.

Deserted from Dundalk, Ireland, on the 11th of December 1856.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynne.

Commemorations

Life after service

Can find no further trace to 1879.

Death & burial


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