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1587, Private George Richard OSBORNE — 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 1st of January 1855.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Service

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

Invalided from Scutari to England on the 11th of December 1855 aboard the S.S "Great Britain".

At the Chatham Invalid Depot from the 30th of December 1855, before sent on "sick furlo" to Guildford on the 13th of February 1856.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "invalided," from Dundalk on the 12th of December 1856.

Served 1 year 346 days.

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

Granted a pension of 6d per day for one year from the 12th of February 1857. Living at Portsmouth after discharge.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Life after service

Death & burial


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