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1784, Private William WIGLEY - 11th Hussars

Birth & early life

Born in Hereford.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 2nd of November 1854.

Age: 22.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Clerk.

Sent to Exeter on the 13th of March 1855.

Service

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

From Private to Corporal: 3rd of April 1855.

Discharge & pension

Discharged, on the "Reduction of the Army", from Canterbury on the 20th of November 1856,

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

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Life after service

Death & burial


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