CHRISTOPHER FOX

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Fox
FORENAMES: Christopher also recorded as Charles
BORN:c1828
AT:.
OCCUPATION[S]:.
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:1314
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:05 02 1847 Dublin HQ aged 19 years
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:5' 8 3/4"
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1847: Private
1849: Private
1854-1855: Private
1857: Private
1859: Private
1864: Private
PROMOTIONS:.
REDUCTIONS: .
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:On 06 11 1849 at Athlone for being drunk & off[ering] violence &c.
Sentenced to 140 days HL, 28 days solitary and stoppages
Regimental Court Martial on 26 05 1855 at Crimea for absenting himself with a troop horse and returning drunk.
Sentenced to 50 lashes, 25 l[ashes] remitted
On 10 04 1857 at Brighton for being drunk, using abusive language &c.
Sentenced to 84 days HL and 50 lashes
On 29 09 1859 at Manchester for disobeying commands.
Sentenced to 112 days HL
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:.
EMBARKATIONS: .
DISEMBARKATIONS:.
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:29 10 1854 to 24 11 1854 At Scutari
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:.
NOTES:4Q/1855: 11 days on ship, 81 days on shore
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:.
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:.
MEDICAL REASON:.
PENSION DISTRICT:.
NOTES:.
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/12/654
WO/12/659-660
WO/12/668
WO/86/6
WO/86/9-10
WO/28/216
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES: Honour the Light Brigade
LINKS:.


4th Light Dragoons Index

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