A search for military documents on Ancestry led me to this -
Name: Nathaniel Howsam
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birth Place: Spilsby, Lincoln
Pension Admission or Examination Date: 24 Mar 1857
Regiment: 8th Battalion
Rank: Corporal
If someone could get me details it would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Lyn