Born in the parish of St. Ann's, Dublin, c.1837.
Enlisted at London on the 15th of February 1855.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Servant.
Features: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 15th of July 1855.
Sent to the Depot at Canterbury when the regiment went to India for the Mutiny campaign on 1st of October 1857.
From Private to Corporal: 1st of August 1858.
In confinement, awaiting trial, 15-17 of January and reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 18th of January 1859.
From Private to Corporal: 5th of July 1865.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of May 1875.
Re-engaged at Aldershot for a further 12-year period of service on the 18th of January 1867.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of May 1867.
Discharged from Dublin on the 18th of April 1876, as "Free, at own request after 21 years service".
Served 21 years 36 days. Aged 40 years on discharge.
In Turkey and the Crimea 9 months
In India: 3 years 11 months.
His conduct has been "very good" and was when promoted in possession of four Good Conduct badges and had he not been promoted would now have had five.
Four times entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Once tried by Court-martial.
Awarded a pension of 1/6d. per day.
Shown on the Regimental "Married roll" from the 15th of January 1866. Wife shown as Barbara Gaynor. Three children are shown as being born into the family at the time of his discharge.
Living in the Dublin Pension District in 1876. He is shown in the Pension's Book as being a "Pensioner Cpl.", but it is not clear exactly what position this was.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal in 1876. (However, this award is dated the 22nd of December 1875, the medal not being actually issued until 1876.)
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean, Turkish, and the 2nd Class Certificate of Education.
He was still living in the Dublin Pension District in 1882 and is shown in the Pension Books as having received a "Supplementary pension of £1 for necessaries", on the 13th of April 1882.