Born in Rochdale.
Enlisted at Manchester on the 19th of August 1854.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
A nominal roll of men of the regiment at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, made out on the 9th of November 1855, shows him as being On Duty there from the 19th of October.
Deserted from Brighton on the 7th of July 1856 and rejoined the regiment on the 9th of September 1856.
Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment" from Brighton on the 21st of November 1856. He was in Lewes Gaol at this time.
Served 1 year 83 days, to count.
Conduct: "Bad". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
In 1998 it was learnt that a medal to a "Sergeant J. Taylor", but of unknown campaign or clasps, was in the possession of the Officers' Mess of the Royal Irish Hussars.