JOHN KEARNS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Kearns also recorded as Kerns
FORENAMES:John
BORN:.
AT:Birmingham Warwickshire
OCCUPATION[S]:Tailor
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:Eliza [Kearns], residing at Antrim Belfast
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:966
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:10 or 21 11 1838 London
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:.
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:1843: Captain William Parlby
RANK: 1838-1839: Private
1841: Private
1843: Private
PROMOTIONS:.
REDUCTIONS: .
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:.
EMBARKATIONS:16 03 1839 England
06 11 1841 Repulse Bombay India
DISEMBARKATIONS:10 07 1839 Bombay India
28 03 1842 Repulse Gravesend England
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OTHER DUTIES:.
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TRANSFERRED TO:.
DIED:26 06 1843 Drowned in the River Teify at Newcastle Emlyn, South Wales
BURIED:Military funeral at Holy Trinity church, Newcastle Emlyn
EPITAPH: Erected
by his Officers and comrades as a mark of esteem
to the memory of John Kearns
of Capt. Parlby's Troop 4th Light Dragoons
Who died 26th June 1843 aged 25 years.
He fell not in battle strife,
Nor in the sultry plain -
Death did not meet the warrior there,
Nor on the stormy main;
But here, in Tivy's winding stream,
One sunny Summers day,
While bathing peacefully he sank -
His spirit passed away,
Mourn, reader, with his comrades, mourn,
O'er one so young and brave,
And trust in Him, whose might arm
From Endless death can save.
WILL:None
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:Mother, Eliza [Kearns] residing at Antrim Belfast
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES: WO/12/648-649
WO/12/651
WO/12/653
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:.
LINKS: http://www.newcastleemlyn.info/page9.html


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