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HORNSBY, Richard

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Rank

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Unit

44th Regiment

Home Town

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DETAILS
 

Date of Birth

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Casualty

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Date of Death

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Cemetery

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PROVENANCE
 

Current Location

Essex Museum

Previous Location

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MEDALS
 

Gallantry Award

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Award For

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Additional Medals

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RESEARCH NOTES
 

Private Richard Hornsby served in Captain William Burney's Company of the 44th Regiment of Foot during the Waterloo campaign of 1815. He received the Waterloo Medal and his medal survives today in the Essex Museum collection.

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MEDAL GROUP
 

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Company

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MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE
 

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WATERLOO
 

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Company

Burney

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ARMY OF INDIA
 

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Bars

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PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS

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Independent historical research project.

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