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Private Robert LONG — 1934, 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born c.1831.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Exeter into the 15th Hussars, but was posted to the 11th Hussars, on the 29th of December 1854.

Age: 23.

Height: 5' 5".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, on the "Reduction of the Army", from Canterbury on the 20th of November 1856.

Served 1 year 324 days.

Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.

Commemorations

Life after service

Death & burial


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