Born at Mayfield, near Uckfield, Sussex, and was most probably the son of James Woodham and his wife, Eden Wren, who were married at Mayfield on the 21st of January 1827.
Enlisted at Brighton on the 17th of January 1855.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.
Discharged on the "Reduction of the Regiment," from Brighton on the 24th of November 1856.
Served 1 year 310 days.
Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean and Turkish medals.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Re-enlisted into the 4th Light Dragoons at Aldershot on the 10th of October 1857. Regimental No. 16.
Former service in the 4th L.D. disclosed on attestation.
Discharged from Dublin on the 13th of May 1861:
"Unfit for further service. — Labours under varicose veins of both legs resulting from pre-disposition. Not aggravated by vice or mis-conduct."
Total service to count, 5 years 122 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 9 months.
Conduct: "a good soldier". Never tried by Court-martial.
Granted a pension of 6d. per day for 12 months, "final."
To live at Brighton, Sussex.
His actual address on discharge was 9, Millfield Cottages, St. George's Road, Kemptown, Brighton. The last pension letter to him was dated the 10th of December 1891.