FRANCIS MOSS
| SURNAME: | Moss | FORENAMES: | Francis | BORN: | . | AT: | Frome Somerset | BAPTISED: | 15 January 1820, residence Blatch Bridge | OCCUPATION[S]: | Butcher | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | Anglican | FATHER: | William (Gillingham) of Frome Somerset, Labourer | MOTHER: | Mary | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 1072 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | . | ENLISTED: | 02 October 1840 London (Recorded as 27 September 1829 on death entry) | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | . | TROOP NO: | . | TROOP CAPTAIN: | 1843: William Parlby | RANK: | 1840-1841: Private 1846: Private |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | 05 June 1840 Java England 06 November 1841 Repulse Bombay India |
DISEMBARKATIONS: | 26 October 1840 Java Bombay India 28 March 1842 Repulse Gravesend England |
CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | . | DIED: | 05 July 1846 Castle Green, Carmarthen aged 27 years | BURIED: | Tuesday 07 July 1846 Carmarthen St Davids | FUNERAL: | `The Welshman' 10 Jul 1846 Soldier's Funeral - On Tuesday last, the imposing pageant of a military burial took place. The deceased was a private of the 4th Light Dragoons, named Moss, and was one of the troop that entered Carmarthen on the memorable 19th of June during the attack upon the Workhouse. He had left his regiment upon furlough, being then evidently in a deep decline, and had been but a short time in this town before death released him from his sufferings. The troops stationed in Carmarthen formed the funeral procession, which had a very solemn appearance. The usual volleys were fired over the grave by a party of the 1st Dragoon Guards, and the ceremony terminated by the troops marching home at quick step. It being the first funeral of a horse-soldier ever seen in Carmarthen, hundreds of the inhabitants were attracted to witness it. |
WILL: | None | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | Father, William [Gillingham], Frome Somerset | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | 1ST WIFE: | Hanah [sic] Phillips x, full age, born c1818-1825, spinster, seamstress, of Lamar Street, Carmarthen, no father named | MARRIED: |
After Banns on 20 December 1843 by Daniel Rowlands, Church of Llan(llwch), Carmarthen Groom Francis Moss x, full age, bachelor, Dragoon, Carmarthen, no father named Witnesses John Phillips x and Wm M(arsuit)? |
NOTES: | Hannah Moss née Phillips remarried in 1848. Hannah died in Falkirk in 1883. | 1ST CHILD: | Mary Alice Moss | BORN: | 3Q 1843 Carmarthen Union | NOTES: | In the 1851 Census Mary Alice Moss, aged 7, was living in Blue Street Carmarthen with her Grandparent (Mary Harris) | 2ND CHILD: | David Francis Moss | BORN: | 4Q 1844 Carmarthen Union | DIED: | 3Q 1846 Carmarthen | 3RD CHILD?: | Thomas Moss (Mother's maiden name Phillips) | BORN: | 4Q 1847 Carmarthen | NOTES: | . | MARRIED: |
Hannah married James Wright after Banns on 7 February 1848 by (G.F.) Williams, Curate, Carmarthen St Davids. Banns were called on 23 January, 30 January and 6 February 1848. Groom James Wright, full age, born c November 1809, bachelor, farrier 1st Dragoon Guards, Bridge Street, Carmarthen St Davids, son of James Wright, blacksmith Hannah Moss x, full age, widow, Castle Green, Carmarthen, daughter of Davies/David/Daniel Phillips, Labourer. Witnesses T. Booth and David Rees |
1ST CHILD: | Thomas Wright | BORN: | c1849 Ireland | NOTES: | . | 2ND CHILD: | James Wright | BORN: | c1852 Ireland | NOTES: | . | 3RD CHILD: | Margaret Wright | BORN: | c1854/1855 Carmarthen, Wales | NOTES: | . | 4TH CHILD: | Alexander Wright | BORN: | c1855/1856 (Ester Newonstead) England | NOTES: | . | 5TH CHILD: | Charles Wright | BORN: | c1858/1859 Falkirk Stirling Scotland | NOTES: | . | 6TH CHILD: | Mary Wright | BORN: | c1864 Falkirk Stirling Scotland | NOTES: | . | TNA SOURCES: | WO/12/650-651 WO/12/654 |
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