Born in the parish of St. Julian's, Shrewsbury, Salop.
Enlisted at York on the 21st of October 1833.
Is named as "Timothy" on some rolls.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Coach-maker.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair,.
Embarked for India on the 7th of July 1835.
From Private to Corporal: 30th of October 1846.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial and reduced to Private on the 20th of November 1848.
Invalided from Scutari to England on the 30th of November 1855.
Letter relating to him, and another man from the regiment sent to the Military College, Sandhurst:
"Horse Guards,
9th January 1857.
Sir, - By the desire of the General Commanding-in-Chief I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo and to acquaint you that His Royal Highness has been pleased to select the men named in the margin for the Riding Troop about to be formed at the Military College, at Sandhurst and to request you that you will hold them in readiness to proceed to Sandhurst early in the ensuing weeks according to the route which you will receive from the QuarterMasters Department.
I am, etc,. etc.
G..A. Weatherall,
DAG."
Similar letters were sent to the Officers Commanding the 4th Light Dragoons, 8th Hussars, the 13th Light Dragoons and the 17th Lancers, listing the names of the men selected.
Discharged from Brighton on the 22nd of March 1859: "At own request, after 24 years' service."
Served 25 years 142 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 5 months
In India: 3 years 7 months.
Conduct and character: "very good."
In possession of five Good Conduct badges. Once tried by Court-martial.
Awarded a pension of 1/1d. per day. Living in the West London Pension District in 1860.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava Inkerman and Sebastopol.
A Crimean medal, with four clasps, was sold by Puttick and Simpson's on the 26th of November 1906 and offered by Baldwin's in 1909. In a record kept by E. E. Needes, he commented: "Did not like..."
He sent money from the Crimea to his wife, Elizabeth Townrow.
Died in the No 1. London Pension District on the 20th of October 1869.
Is shown in the St. Catherine's House records as dying in the Hemel Hempstead District, aged 54 years, during the October-December quarter of 1869.
From his death certificate he died at Markyate Street, Flamstead, Hemel Hempstead, from "Disease of the Heart, Pneumonia." aged 54 years, his occupation being that of a Pensioner of the 11th Hussars and Licensed Victualler.
A Martha Poulton, of Markyate Street, Caddington, Hertfordshire, was present at his death.
There is a copy in the "Certificates" file.