Background
Cambridge was born in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Ireland, on 27 June 1820 to Archibald Cambridge and Bridget, formerly Murray.
Attesting in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, on 20 June 1839 he gave his occupation as labourer and he is recorded as being 5 feet 8 inches tall with a fresh complexion, dark grey eyes and brown hair. He enlisted four days later as a Driver and Gunner in the 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Artillery, on 24 June 1839. He served with the 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, in Malta (1841–1847) and was then posted to Canada with the 7th Battalion in 1848.
On 28 August 1849 he married Ann Bigham, an Irish lass, whose parents were James Bigham and Ann, formally Young, in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec, Canada.
On 21 November 1853 Cambridge's posting to Canada came to an end and he and Ann, now expecting their first child, found themselves on the way to England and the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the home of the Royal Artillery.
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