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1362, Private Thomas THORBURN - 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Enlistment

Enlisted at Hulme Barracks, Manchester, on the 3rd of November 1847.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: None shown.

Service

At Scutari: 6th of April - 10th of May 1855.

In a Military Prison: 6th of April - 10th of May 1859.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, "by claim, time expired", from Birmingham on the 28th of December 1859.

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

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol. Is numbered as 1264 on the Sebastopol clasp roll.

Further detailed medal information archived.

Life after service

Death & burial


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