Born at Islip, Northamptonshire.
Enlisted at London on the 26th of August 1836.
Age: 18 years 9 months.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: None shown.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Discharged from Dublin on the 16th of September 1861.
"Free, at own request after 24 years' service."
Served 25 years 22 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 2 years.
Conduct and character: "very good."
In possession of five Good Conduct badges.
To live in City Road, London, after discharge.
Awarded a pension of 1/0d.per day.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Long Service medals.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 29th of July 1858.
Further detailed medal information archived.
1881 Census
The 1881 Census Returns show him as living in Carabini Place, Obelisk Street, Frimley, Surrey, a Tailor, aged 64, born at Islip, Northamptonshire, with his wife, Harriet, aged 64 and born in Canterbury Kent.