Born in Kensington, London, c.1834.
Enlisted at London on the 17th of June 1854.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 5".
Trade: Butcher.
Features: Fresh complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
Tried, after being in confinement 25th — 27th of July, by a Regimental Court-martial on the 27th of July 1855 for "being drunk on duty" and awarded 50 lashes, but this sentence was remitted.
In confinement, awaiting trial, 13 — 17 of March. Tried by a District Court-martial for "habitual drunkenness" and sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour and stoppage of 1d. per day for one year. Imprisoned from the 18th of March — 28th of April and released "in order to embark for England, on the 29th of April 1856.
Imprisoned 23rd-27th of May 1857.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
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.
Imprisoned, 24th-26th of April 1860, and again from the 17th-19th of April 1862.
Re-engaged at Colchester for a further period of twelve years service on the 1st of February 1866.
Discharged from Dublin on the 24th of August 1875. "At own request, after 21 years service."
Served 21 years 3 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months. In India: 7 years 1 month.
Conduct: "good." In possession of five Good Conduct badges.
Aged 41 years 2 months on discharge.
Eighteen times entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Twice tried by Court-martial.
Granted a pension of 1/- per day.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
A request was sent from the War Office (date unknown) to the East India Company's medallists for a replacement Mutiny medal (without clasp) to be issued to him "at his own expense, (7/6d.)". It is not known if this was either of the Mutiny medals before mentioned, but is most likely the original, as later issues had the regimental number added.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
To live in Church Street, Kensington, London on discharge, and was still living in the West London Pension District in 1879.