Born at Arundel, Sussex, c.1836.
Enlisted at Brighton on the 14th of June 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Labourer.
Features: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair.
Embarked for the Crimea from Cork on the 28th of May 1855 and joined the regiment on the 20th of June.
Transferred to the 2nd Bn. of the Military Train on the 10th of February 1857.Regimental No. 1312.
Regimental prisoner from the 4-20 of June 1857 and was again imprisoned from the 4-13 of December 1857.
Served with the force under the command of H.E. the Commander-in-Chief at Lucknow and with that under Sir James Outram at Alum Bag. Employed in the operations against Lucknow on the 2-16 of March 1858.
From Private to Corporal: 11th of January 1861:
"In arrest" 8-10 of April, tried by a Regimental Court-martial and reduced to Private on the 10th of April 1862.
Allowed to revert to his real name of "Thomas Smith" on the 1st of April 1864.
Discharged, "time expired." from Woolwich on the 16th of July 1866.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal with clasps for Lucknow and the Relief of Lucknow.