Born in Wandsworth, London, and christened in All Saint's Church on the 10th of July 1814, the son of Willam Wallis and his wife, Harriet.
Enlisted at Queen's Square, London, on the 26th of March 1835.
Age: 19 years 2 months.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Bricklayer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Returned from India aboard the "Repulse" on the 27th of March 1842, having left Bombay on the 28th of December 1841.
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 4th of November.
Discharged from Dublin on the 16th of October 1860.
"Free, to Out-pension after 24 years' service."
Served 25 years 190 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 10 months
In India: 4 years 11 months.
Conduct: "a good soldier".
In possession of five Good Conduct badges.
Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 45 years 3 months on discharge.
Awarded a pension of 1/1d. per day.
To reside, C/o. "The Hampshire Hog," Charles Street, Westminster, after discharge.
Shown as living in the North London Pension District in 1875.
Last pension letter, granting an increase, dated the 19th of May 1900.
Documents confirm the Crimean and Turkish medals and the Long Service & Good Conduct medal with a gratuity of £5.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 31st of August 1856.
He was living in the Dublin Pension District in April of 1882, having moved there from East London.