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1370, Private John TURNER - 8th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Manchester.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Newbridge on the 4th of July 1854.

Trade: Clerk.

No other enlistment details are shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of July 1855.

"Deserted" from Dundalk on the 31st of November 1856.

Can find no further trace to 1879.

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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