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Brilliant - thank you so much for replying.

First name(s) DOMINICK
Last name BODELLA
Birth year 1836
Birth parish ST MARTIN'S
Birth town LEICESTER
Birth county LEICESTERSHIRE
Birth country ENGLAND
Service number 3512
Rank PRIVATE
Regiment Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - 19th Foot
Document Type Discharge
Attestation year 1853
Attestation Day 5
Attestation Month 2
Attestation age years 17
Attestation age months 9
Discharge Corps 1ST BATTN 19TH REG OF FOOT

The Board having examined and compared the Regimental records, the soldiers book and such other documents as appeared to them to be necessary, report that Dominick Bodella, by trade a labourer, born in the parish of St. Martins, in or near the town of Leicester and was attested for the 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade at Coventry in the County of Warwick on the 5th February 1853 at the age of 17 9/12 years that after making every Deduction required by Her Majesty's Regulations, the service up to this day, which he is entitled to reckon, amounts to 8 years and 66 days during which period he served abroad 4 1/2 years- Turkey 4 months, Crimea S 10 months, East Indies 2 years 9 months,
and further that his discharge is proposed in consequence of being unfit for further service. (Discharge Chatham 1861)

Another quick look - he is not in possession of any good conduct medals.

Add Sebastable and Turkish medals.

He was never wounded.

He was never court martialed but was in the defaulters book. - That means he had at times been a bad lad but would have been more minor offences. e.g. late on parade or drunk etc.

Served 8 years 66 days

1 10/12 yrs - almost 2 years in Turkey at the Crimea

2 3/4 yrs East Indies

Difficult to read but he had medals with clasp as he fought at Alma and Inkerman (Crimea)

Some is about his conduct, there is reference to good conduct medals but can't tell if he was or wasn't awarded them. - sorry will look later as of out soon.

Medical after service in good general health but an enlarged liver due to service. May have had some tropical disease?????

Asking to be a Chelsea Pensioner - code put in so don't know if he got it and why or didn't and why. - sorry

Hi

I found Dominick Bodella a Private in the Princess of Wales (Own Yorkshire Regiment) 19th Foot on Findmypast but can't find these records on Ancestry- would it be possible for someone to tell me what information these records contain?

Many thanks

Elaine