ABYSSINIAN WAR MEDAL (1869) To: 482. WILLIAM PITT. 3rd DRAGOON GUARDS. With attestation & 'interesting' medical papers. He suffered from syphilis and similar complaints !!! Also repeated attacks of Rheumatism from 1873. almost blind in right eye, from ''cold' in India.
Born 1817,in DEWSBURY, YORKS, Enlisted HALIFAX 24.11.1837 age 20. A Labourer. Discharged 27.6.1878. Described as '' AN OLD WORN OUT SOLDIER' and being partly able to earn a livelyhood on discharge. ( Also entitled to an L.S.G.C.) £475 (RESERVED)
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