Born at Tawney, near Roebuck, Dublin, c.1822.
Enlisted at Dublin on the 3rd of February 1845.
Age: 23.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Dk. brown hair.
From Private to Corporal: 13th of July 1854.
Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of November 1854.
'Confined' from the 19th and tried by a Regimental Court-martial on the 22nd of January 1855 for "drunkenness" and reduced to Private. At this time he was a member of the escort troop commanded by Captain George Chetwode, to Lord Lucan.
(See record of 1182, Robert Chapman, 8th Hussars for copies of memos relating to the validity of the charge.)
He was Orderly to Lieutenant-General Richard Jones during July to September, 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 18th of December 1855.
Corporal to Sergeant: 19th of September 1857.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. Great Britain on the 8th of October 1857.
Appointed Troop Sergeant Major on the 19th of August 1859.
Re-credited as Squadron Quarter-Master Sergeant on the 2nd of April 1869.
Discharged from Dundalk on the 12th of April 1870.
"Free, with pension, after having completed 24 years' service."
Served 25 years 2 months, In Turkey and the Crimea 1 year 10 months. India 6 years 4 months.
Aged 48 years 1 month on discharge.
Three times entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Once tried by Court-martial.
Intended to live, c/o. "The Post Office", Sudbury, Suffolk, after discharge.
He is shown on the Regimental "Married roll" from the 19th of November 1854, his wife's name being Jane.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, the Turkish Medal, the Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India, and the Long Service & Good Conduct medal.
Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct medal on the 31st of March 1869, with a gratuity of £5.
1881 Census
2, Lacey Street, Parish of St. Margaret's, Ipswich, Suffolk.
The 1881 Census shows him as a Chelsea Pensioner, aged 56, born in Ireland, with his wife, Jane, 46, born in Ireland, and four children, the eldest son employed as a "Turner (Iron)" and the others as "Scholars".
Final letter sent to a Mr. Rogers, 27th of May 1907. [PB: what does this refer t?]
No information.