Born at Trim, Co. Meath.
Enlisted at Dublin on the 26th of April 1839.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Servant.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Auburn hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 28th of June 1855.
At the General Hospital, Scutari, from the 4th of October 1855 and invalided to England on the 12th of December 1855 and going to the Depot at Brighton.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
The muster rolls for the period July-September 1858 show him as no particular service movement having taken place.
Invalided to England on the 3rd of March 1863 and being at the Maidstone Depot from the 15th of July 1863.
Discharged from Colchester on the 5th of September 1865, "Free, at own request after 24 years service."
Served 24 years 112 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea, 6 months. India, 5 years 3 months.
Aged 45 years 6 months on discharge.
Conduct: "Latterly good". In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Seventy-five times entered in the Regimental Defaulters' book. Eight times tried by Court-martial.
He was granted a pension of 10d. per day.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
[RM: The medal roll Is annotated "Mint 28.8.59" next to his entry, possibly Indicating his medal was sent there or returned at this date.
Mutiny medal without clasp. Is named as "Nicholas" on the musters but on the Mutiny medal rolls as "Michael" Carty.]
To live at No. 4 St. James's Street, Dublin, after discharge.
Died at Birr, Ireland, on the 16th of June 1867.
Regimental imprisonment, 15th of April — 25th of May 1843. 25th of November 1843 — 18th of January 1844, 20th of May — 4th of November 1845, 2nd of February — 8th of April 1847, 14th of December 1848 — 28th of March 1849, 24th of April — 30th of June 1849, 13th of September — 24th of December 1849.
In Civil Imprisonment from the 19th of April 1850 and in Fort Clarence for a total of 183 days from the 11th of April 1854.
[EJB: This last sentence was probably the reason why he did not embark with the regiment when it first left for the Crimea in 1854.]