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1457 James MOLONEY — 4th Light Dragoons

Also recorded as "Maloney"

Birth & early life

Born in the parish of St. Anne's, Dublin c.1832.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Dublin on the 6th of July 1850. (His name is spelt as Malony on some muster rolls.)

Age: 17 years 10 months.

Height: 5' 7".

Trade: Servant.

Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Brown hair.

Service

Discharge & pension

Discharged from Chatham Invalid Depot on the 23rd of June 1857.

"Unfit for further service from varicose veins, especially of the right leg. Result of constitutional infirmity."

Served 6 years 245 days.

In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 1 month.

Aged 24 years 8 months on discharge.

Conduct: "a good soldier". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.

Tried at Scutari on the 9th of January 1855 by a Regimental Court-martial for "absence and being drunk on the streets of Constantinople." Found, "Not Guilty."

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol.

Commemorations

Life after service

Served as No. 207 in the Corps of Commissionaries from the 16th of December 1866 to the 24th of December 1869. No reason is shown for his leaving the Corps, but he rejoined on the 21st of October 1779, as No. 357, and resigned again on the 18th of October 1883. His name was shown as Maloney in the Corp's records.

Death & burial


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