Serjeant-Major, G Battery, Royal Artillery (later Captain, Land Transport Corps)
Born: 1 November 1823, Woolwich, Southeast London
Died: 14 October 1870, Plymouth, Devonshire
Citation: For defending the guns of his battery against overwhelming numbers of the enemy at the Battle of Inkerman, and continuing to do so until he had received twelve bayonet wounds. He was at the time Serjeant-Major of G. Battery, 2nd Division.[London Gazette issue 21971 dated 24 Feb 1857, published 24 Feb 1857.]
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