Born in London, c.1834.
Enlisted at London on the 19th of June 1854.
Age: 19 years 8 months.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Labourer.
Features: Fair complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
Sent to the Crimea from Brighton on the 28th of May 1855 and joined the regiment on the 20th of June.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
From Private to Corporal: 1st of June 1859.
Corporal to Sergeant: 8th of January 1861.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial and reduced to Private on the 16th of June 1862. Transferred to the 5th Lancers on the 30th of November 1864. Regimental no.1119.
From Private to Corporal: 3rd of September 1865.
Corporal to Sergeant; 2nd of November 1874.
Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 20th of April 1875.
Discharged from Aldershot on the 13th of July 1875, at "Own request, after 21 years service."
Served 21 years 31 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 334 days
In India: 16 years 145 days. England, 3 years 256 days.
Conduct: "very good."
In possession of three Good Conduct badges.
Four times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Twice tried by Court-martial.
Aged 40 years 9 months on discharge.
His pension was increased to 12d. per day from the 2nd of June 1907.
Intended to live at 5, Peel Street, Kennington, London, after discharge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
The musters for July-September of 1858 show him as being "On Field Service" during the whole of this period.
Served in the field at Rajghur and Mungrowlee with Captain William Gordon.
He was awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 18th of January 1873, with a gratuity of £5.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with one clasp, T.M., and the Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India [sic]. This is the only occasion when the confirmation of this clasp to the 17th Lancers has been seen, a fact which is not borne out by the medal rolls. Being discharged while serving with the 5th Lancers may have something to do with this being recorded.
1901 Census
4 Acklam Road, Kensington, London.
Lewis Lynn, aged 65, Schoolkeeper, born Kensington.
Jessie, 50, born Bermondsey.
Ellen, 15. [RM/CP]
1911 Census
82, Lancaster Road, Notting Hill.
Lewis Lynn, aged 75, married, Square Keeper, born Kensington.
Jessie Ellen, 62, born Islington.
[30 years married.].
3 children shown: all boarders.
Death registered
Jessie E. Lynn, 92, September Quarter 1917, Willesden, London.
Death registered
Lewis Lynn, 80, June Quarter 1917, Kensington, London.
Registration of death, Census information for 1911, and additional information for 1901, kindly provided by Chris Poole.