BERNARD MORAN CURRAN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
SURNAME:Curran
FORENAMES:Bernard Moran
BORN:31 07 1876
AT:Rawl Pindi India
OCCUPATION[S]:None on enlistment
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:Roman Catholic
Recorded as Church of England in WW1 Service papers
FATHER:Bernard Curran 4LD
MOTHER:Catherine Moran
SIBLINGS:Catherine b 12 05 1862 Caher Tipperary Ireland
Matthew John [Jack] Curran, 02 04 1864 Island Bridge Dublin Ireland
Mary Anne Curran b. 05 05 1866 Inshill Edinburgh Scotland
Margaret Curran b. 07 11 1868 Marut India
Harriet Curran b. 05 08 1871 Marut India
Evyline Curran b. 12 03 1874 Rawl Pindi India
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:3132
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:02 04 1891 Dublin aged 14 years 9 months by RSM Stewart, 4th Hussars
ATTESTED:02 04 1891 Dublin witnessed by H Hastings 2MP and Alfred Bibby Commanding 4 Hussars
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:5' 1¼"
WEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:87 lbs
CHEST MEASUREMENT AT ENLISTMENT:26"
DESCRIPTION AT ENLISTMENT:Brown hair, Brown eyes, Fresh complexion
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1891: Private
1891-1898: Musician
1898-1901: Private
1901-1903: Lance Corporal
PROMOTIONS:From Private to Musician: 01 12 1891
From Private to Lance Corporal: 14 10 1901
REDUCTIONS: From Musician to Private: 18 10 1898
GOOD CONDUCT PAY:1d 02 04 1893
2d 02 04 1897
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:China 1900-1901
EMBARKATIONS: .
DISEMBARKATIONS:.
CAMPAIGNS: China 1900-1901
OTHER DUTIES:.
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:.
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:.
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:.
MEDICAL REASON:.
STATEMENT OF SERVICE: Home: 02 04 1891 to 09 09 1896, total 5 years 161 days
India: 10 09 1896 to 16 09 1900, total 4 years 7 months
China (Expeditionary Force): 17 09 1900 to 26 08 1901, total 344 days
India: 27 08 1901 to 25 04 1903, total 1 year, 242 days
Home: 26 04 1903 to 27 04 1903, total 2 days
Certificates of Education: 1st Class 30 10 1894
4th Hussars: Attested Private 02 04 1891
Appointed Musician 01 12 1891
Granted Good Conduct Pay at 1d 02 04 1893
Granted Good Conduct Pay at 2d 02 04 1897
Returned to duty Private 18 10 1898
Appointed Lance Corporal 14 10 1901
Discharged 1st Period, Lance Corporal 27 04 1903
Total Service towards Engagements to 27 04 1903 (date of discharge) 12 years 26 days
A._______, commandant, Discharge Depot
PENSION DISTRICT:.
RESIDENCES:50 Casella Road, New Cross, SE14 [1916]
44 Selsdon Road, Lambeth [1939]
COMPLETED LIMITED SERVICE:27 04 1903
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:Re-entered Army for Short Service WW1
WW1 Service: Attested Deptford 11 12 1915 to RE Signals, Service No. 211629
Appointed Lance Corporal 22 12 1916 unpaid
Appointed Lance Corporal 21 03 1917 paid
Appointed Acting Corporal 03 12 1917 unpaid
HEIGHT AT REENLISTMENT:5' 6½"
CHEST MEASUREMENT AT REENLISTMENT:Fully expanded 37", Range of expansion 2½"
DESCRIPTION AT REENLISTMENT:Brown hair, Brown eyes, Fresh complexion
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:Cashier [1916]
Company Registration Clerk [1939]
DIED:3Q 1941 Surrey Mid. E.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
1ST WIFE:Annie McCarthy
MARRIED:26 12 1908 Church of Assumption Greenwich
1881 CENSUS:Aldershot Holy Trinity
Schedule 279
10 Eagle Terrace
Bernard Curran, Head, Mar, 40, Chelsea Pensioner, Canteen Steward, Ireland Ramelton
Katherine Curran, Wife, Mar, 44, 4 Hussars, Ireland
Katherine E Curran, Dau, Unm, 18, Pupil Teacher, Ireland Cahir
Mary A. Curran, Dau, 14, Scotland Edinburgh
Margaret J. Curran, Dau, 12, E. Indies Murat
Harriet J. Curran, Dau, 9, E. Indies Murat
Evyline Curran, Dau, 7, E. Indies Rawil Pride
Bernard M. Curran, Son, 4, E. Indies Rawil Pride
Also at 10 Eagle Terrace
Schedule 280
John Wm. Pryce, Head, Mar, 34, Sergt. 4 Hussars, Warwick Sutton
Isabel Pryce, Wife, Mar, 31, Scotland
Caroline Pryce, Dau, 1, Kent Shorncliffe
1939 REGISTER:44 Selsdon Road, Lambeth
Schedule 246/1
Curron, Bernard M., Male, b. 31 07 1876, Married, Company Registration Clerk
TNA SOURCES:WO/97/4626/004/001
WO/363/4/007305601/00414
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:Family information
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