JOHN ALLEN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Allen
FORENAMES:John
BORN:Birkenhead Cheshire
AT:.
OCCUPATION[S]:Labourer
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:1751
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:28 Dec 1854
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT DISCHARGE:5' 9˝"
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1855-1856: Private
1857: Private, Corporal
1858: Corporal, Private
1859-1860: Private
PROMOTIONS:Private to Corporal: 01 Oct 1857
REDUCTIONS:Corporal to Private: 26 Apr 1858
NOTES:25-26 Dec 1856: Pay forfeited
11-15 Oct 1858: Pay forfeited
11-14 Dec 1858: Pay forfeited
Jan 1859: In stationary quarters at Sutton Coldfield
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:Military confinement 22 Apr-01 May 1858
Military Prison 02-08 May 1858
Cells 16 Oct 1858
Cells 15-18 Dec 1858
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:Crimean and Turkish
EMBARKATIONS:.
DISEMBARKATIONS:Arrived in the Crimea from England 14 Jun 1855.
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:.
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:.
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:26 Nov 1860 Dublin aged 24 years
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:08 Jan 1861
MEDICAL REASON:In breaking out of barracks on 06 Sep 1859 (or according to amended entry, 15 Sep 1859) fractured both bones
of right leg resulting in impaired use of limb.
PENSION DISTRICT:1860: Manchester 1
1861: Liverpool 1
DESCRIPTION:Light hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion
PRÉCIS OF SERVICE ON DISCHARGE: Corporal 7 months
Private 5 years 4 months, amended less disallowed 1 month
Total service 5 years 11 months, amended 5 years 10 months 6 days
Turkey and Crimea 10 months
Pension claim 18 months
CHARACTER:Good
NOTES:Intention to live in Manchester Lancs.
At the end of the year 04 Dec 1860 the ... Board [called] for an enquiry into whether the Governor of Kilmainham Hospital, in recommending pension of 6d per diem for 18 months, took into consideration the cause of the man's disability.
DISCHARGED BY PURCHASE:.
FREE DISCHARGE:.
DISCHARGED ON REDUCTION:.
DISCHARGED WITH IGNOMINY:.
DISCHARGED UNFIT:.
COMPLETED LIMITED SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:.
DIED:.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/660-665
WO/23/52
WO/118/32
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:.
LINKS:.

4th Light Dragoons Index

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