WILLIAM SEXTON

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Sexton
FORENAMES:William
BORN:.
AT:Ham Richmond Surrey
OCCUPATION[S]:Servant
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:1121
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:21 07 1838 [ Honour the Light Brigade has Apr 1841]
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT DISCHARGE:5' 6˝"
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1840: Private
1842: Private
1854-1855: Private
1860: Private
PROMOTIONS:.
REDUCTIONS: .
NOTES:31 03 1842 from Depot Maidstone [to Regiment]
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:2
MEDALS:Crimean and Turkish
EMBARKATIONS:.
DISEMBARKATIONS:13 11 1855 Arrived from England
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:Also served with 3rd Light Dragoons: Private 2 years
27 10 1854: To Scutari
March 1855: From Scutari to England
13 11 1855: Moved to Service troops
TRANSFERRED FROM:3rd Light Dragoons 01 07 1840
TRANSFERRED TO:.
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:26 10 1860 Dublin aged 45 years
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:04 12 1860 North London 1
MEDICAL REASON:Ruptured and disability the result of service in Crimea. Rupture, chronic bronchitis and debility, may be the result of exposure in the Crimea when he had cholera followed by severe fever.
Upon examination at Kilmainham: In a bad state of health.
PENSION DISTRICT:1860: North London 1
1861: In pensioner Chelsea
DESCRIPTION: Brown hair, grey eyes, pale complexion
PRÉCIS OF SERVICE ON DISCHARGE: Private 20 years 4 months
Disallowed 2 months
Total service 22 years 2 months
Pension claim 10d
Crimea and Turkey 11 months
CHARACTER:
NOTES:Intention to live Marylebone London
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:.
DIED:12 06 1861
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/650
WO/12/652
WO/12/659-660
WO/12/665
WO/118/32
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES: Honour the Light Brigade
LINKS:.


4th Light Dragoons Index

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