Introduction
Anyone who has extensively or obsessively researched their family, and probably got side tracked down roots and branches, will certainly come across other individuals who took part in conflicts. This section is designed to gather together the stories of those individuals.
Joseph James Horatio Nelson Dawson Borrington
Abt. 1837 - December 1855
This rather grandly named ancester, does not have a direct link to me, but he is still worthy of note. Joseph was born, in Derby, about 1840 to James Borrington and Catherine Dawson. James Borrington was a plumber and glazier and son Joseph had another 8 siblings: 4 brothers and 4 sisters.
Joseph had gone to fight in the Crimean War, as a volunteer in the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. I can only speculate as to why the eldest son would have chosen to go off to a distance land, rather than joining his father in the plumbing and glazing business. Perhaps he was keen to leave behind his conventional life and have an exciting adventure. I can only imagine that the Crimean War was "promoted" a little like the First World War, and that those going to fight, never really thought they would be at any real risk.
An account of the Regiment's time during the Crimea War can be read at: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/95th-derbyshire-regiment-foot
With more general information about the war available here: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/crimean-war
Unfortunately Joseph must have discovered the realities of trench warfare, as he was killed at the Siege of Sebastopol, aged only 19.
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