| Description | Refers to John Swift and Josiah Ross
Report of deserter of 15th or King's Regiment of Hussars, dated at Dublin 9 Apr 1833
Number 258 John Swift
Age 24, size 5 feet 10 1/4 inches, fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes
Date of desertion 3 Apr 1833
Deserted from Manchester
Inlisted 1 Jun 1826 in London
Born Beverley, formerly a shoemaker
Dress at time of description: stable jacket, blue overalls
Remarks: Took the whole of his Regimental Necessaries
Report of deserter of 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons, dated at Hounslow, Berkshire, 3 Aug 1834
Name: Josiah Ross
Age 20, size 5 feet 8 inches, fresh complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes
Peculiar marks: a cross and an anchor imprinted on the under part of the left arm, an anchor and a mermaid on the right arm, also some other marks the shape not known
Date of desertion 1 Aug 1834
Deserted from Hounslow Barracks
Inlisted 13 Jan 1831 in York
Born St Mary's, Beverley, formerly a labourer
Dress at time of description: jacket, flannel waistcoat, blue overalls
Remarks: Second desertion, took the whole of his Regimental Necessaries, and supposed to have stolen a silver watch |