WILLIAM TAYLOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Taylor
FORENAMES:William
BORN:c1805
AT:St Leonards Shoreditch London Middlesex
OCCUPATION[S]:Servant
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:243
2nd REGIMENT NO:250
ENLISTED:17 or 19 02 1825 London
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:.
TROOP NO:Jun 1825: Depot Troop
Nov 1825: Troop 1
Jan 1826: Troop 1 Kaira
1831: Troop 2
TROOP CAPTAIN:1831: Captain Harcourt Master
RANK:1825-1826: Private
1827: Private, Corporal
1829: Corporal, Sergeant
1831: Sergeant
1834: Sergeant, Troop Sergeant Major
1837: Troop Sergeant Major, Sergeant, Private
1839: Private Scinde
1841: Private
1842: Private
PROMOTIONS: Private to Corporal 28 10 1827
Corporal to Sergeant 14 01 1829
Sergeant to Troop Sergeant Major 19/20 03 1834
REDUCTIONS: Troop Sergeant Major to Sergeant 27/28 01 1837
Sergeant to Private 05/06 04 1837
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:.
EMBARKATIONS:04 or 09 06 1825 Maitland England
10 11 1841 Mary Bombay India
DISEMBARKATIONS:14 or 15 11 1825 Maitland Bombay India
12 03 1842 Mary Gravesend England
CAMPAIGNS:1st Afghan War
OTHER DUTIES:.
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:.
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:11 05 1842 Chatham
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:10 05 1842 North London 1
ADMITTED TO IN PENSION:01 07 1860
MEDICAL REASON:.
PENSION DISTRICT:1842: North London 1
1860: Chelsea
1865: Chelsea
NOTES:.
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:Author: Published `Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan,' in 1842 and `Life in the Ranks,' in 1847
DIED:.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/97/131/19
WO/12/636-637
WO/12/639
WO/12/641
WO/12/643-644
WO/12/646-647
WO/12/649
WO/12/651-652
WO/23/52
WO/23/62
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OTHER SOURCES:.
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4th Light Dragoons Index

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