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 |
CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | 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 |