EDWIN WALPOLE
| SURNAME: | Walpole | FORENAMES: | Edwin | BORN: | c1844 | AT: | Hatton [or Kelton] near Stamford Rutland | OCCUPATION[S]: | Butcher | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | . | MOTHER: | . | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 902 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | 1131 [11th Hussars] | ENLISTED: | 25 or 30 09 1837 London | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | . | TROOP NO: | . | TROOP CAPTAIN: | . | RANK: | 1837-1839: Private 1841: Private |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | DESERTIONS: | 21 06 1838 30 06 1838 Returned from desertion |
COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | Awarded long service and good conduct medal August 1863. | MEDALS: | Crimea 1854-1856: Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastapol [11th Hussars], officially impressed naming Army long service and good conduct, No. 1131, 11th Hussars, officially impressed naming Turkish Crimea, 1855, Sardinian issue, No. 1131, 11th Hussars, engraved naming. Set of three sold for £1600 on 02 04 2004 |
EMBARKATIONS: | 16 03 1839 England 10 11 1841 Mary Bombay India |
DISEMBARKATIONS: | 10 07 1839 Bombay India 12 03 1842 Mary Gravesend England |
CAMPAIGNS: | Crimea: Alma, Balaklava and Inkermann, in addition to operations prior to Sebastapol. While he is not a confirmed Charger, the muster rolls show that he was present with the regiment [11th Hussars] on 25 10 1854 | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | Volunteered to 11th Hussars 16 05 1842 Canterbury | INVALIDED: | Nov 1855: [Crimea] to England [11th Hussars] | DISCHARGED: | May 1864 Dublin | 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: | A few months after his discharge in May 1864 at Bakerhill York. | BURIED: | Public cemetery Fulford Road [Bakerhill] York. | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | TNA SOURCES: | WO/12/647-649 WO/12/651-652 |
BL SOURCES: | . | OTHER SOURCES: | . | LINKS: | http://www.dnw.co.uk/dnw/medals |
4th Light Dragoons Index