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LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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Added 26.11.12. Minor edits 2.4.14, 4.4.14.

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1676, William TAYLOR - 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in Rochdale.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 27th of November 1854.

Age: 19.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: Labourer.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment," from Brighton on the 23rd of April 1857.

Served 2 years 128 days.

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

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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