RICHARD FIELD
| SURNAME: | Field | FORENAMES: | Richard | BORN: | 25 11 1840 Baptised 25 12 1840 |
AT: | Kirkee India | OCCUPATION[S]: | Monitor, Musician in Band [RHMS] None [4LD] |
RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | Protestant | FATHER: | Robert Field, Farrier Major 4LD | MOTHER: | Anne Field formerly Hopley [widow of Thomas Hopley, Farrier Major 4LD] | SIBLINGS: | George Field, Robert Field, Edward Field and William Field | OTHER RELATIONS: | Half-siblings Mary Anne Hopley, William Hopley and James Hopley Aunt Ann Field of Hoddesdon Hertfordshire |
NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 2209 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | . | ENLISTED: | 20 06 1849 Royal Hibernian Military School 29 11 1855 Dublin aged 15 years |
ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | Height: 44.50" [RHMS] Weight: 42.063 pounds [RHMS] Chest: 24 [RHMS] BMI: 16.42 [RHMS] 4' 8 3/4" [4LD |
TROOP NO: | . | TROOP CAPTAIN: | . | RANK: | 1855: Private 1864: Trumpeter 1866: Trumpeter |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | . | DISEMBARKATIONS: | . | CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | RHMS | TRANSFERRED TO: | Volunteered to 4th Light Dragoons | DISCHARGED TO REGIMENT: | 29 11 1855 Royal Hibernian Military School | DISCHARGED BY PURCHASE: | 17 02 1866 Edinburgh £20 Served 7 years 3 months |
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]: | . | DIED: | . | BURIED: | . | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | TNA SOURCES: | WO/143 WO/12/660 WO/12/668 WO/12/670 |
BL SOURCES: | IOR/N/3/14 | OTHER SOURCES: | . | LINKS: | . |
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