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William Pastor was born in Exford, Minehead, Somerset and lived in St. Mary's, Glamorgan, enlisting with the 53rd Regiment on 8 Nov 1864 at Cardiff and posted to North America on 8 Sep 1866 and Bermuda 30 Oct 1869 to 9 Feb 1875 and Malta 25 Apr 1883 before being posted to Egypt 27 Feb 1885 to 23 Dec 1885.