Born at Balte, near Bath, Somerset.
Enlisted at London on the 7th of August 1854.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Groom.
Features: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
From Private to Corporal: 20th of April 1855.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 5th of March 1856 for "being drunk, at Ismid" and reduced to Pte.
Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment", from Dublin on the 12th of January 1857:
"Is considered unfit for the duties of a soldier and never likely to become efficient in consequence of a weakly constitution. A condition not attributable to the service nor indeed induced by vice or intemperance."
Served 2 years 114 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months.
Conduct: "good".
Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.