JAMES BOLTON

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Bolton
FORENAMES:James
BORN:.
AT:Gillingham near Brompton Kent
OCCUPATION[S]:Servant
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:John Bolton of Gillingham near Brompton Kent
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:868
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:24 03 1837 Maidstone HQ
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:.
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1837: Private
1839: Private
1841: Private
1846 Private, Corporal
Apr 1852: Private
1854-1855: Private
1861: Corporal
PROMOTIONS:From Private to Corporal 03 03 1846 vice Fordham promoted
REDUCTIONS: From Corporal to Private 31 12 1846 vice William Fowler
NOTES:At Ordnance Hospital 15 04 1852
Stationary Quarters, Kensington 14-19 11 1852
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:In Military Confinement 25 12 1846. Tried by Garrison Court Martial 31 12 1846. Sentenced reduced.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:Crimea: Alma, B[alaklava] clasps. List dated 07 01 1855
EMBARKATIONS:28 07 1837 England
06 11 1841 Repulse Bombay India
DISEMBARKATIONS:14 12 1837 Bombay India
28 03 1842 Repulse Gravesend England
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:.
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:.
NOTES: Taken prisoner 25 10 1854 [Crimea]
Released from captivity 22 10 1855
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:28 05 1861 Dublin
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:28 05 1861 Leeds
MEDICAL REASON:.
PENSION DISTRICT:1861: Leeds
1860: York [?]
1865: Leeds
NOTES:.
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:.
DIED:.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:Father, John Bolton of Gillingham near Brompton Kent
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/646-647
WO/12/649
WO/12/651
WO/12/654
WO/12/657
WO/12/659-660
WO/12/666
WO/23/52
WO/23/62
WO/180/24
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:Honour the Light Brigade
Northern Times 17 11 1854 and 23 11 1854
LINKS:.

4th Light Dragoons Index

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