EDWARD O'BRIEN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:O'Brien
FORENAMES:Edward
BORN:c1839
AT:Limerick
OCCUPATION[S]:No trade
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:1574
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:16 09 1853 Canterbury HQ aged 14 years 10 months
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:4' 11½"
NOTES:Enlisted to boy's pay
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK:1853: Private
1856: Trumpeter
1863: Trumpeter
PROMOTIONS:2nd Quarter 1856: [From Private to] Trumpeter
REDUCTIONS: .
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:.
MEDALS:.
EMBARKATIONS:.
DISEMBARKATIONS:.
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:.
TRANSFERRED FROM:.
TRANSFERRED TO:19th Hussars Newbridge 30 04 1863
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:.
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:.
MEDICAL REASON:.
PENSION DISTRICT:.
NOTES:.
DISCHARGED BY PURCHASE:.
FREE DISCHARGE:.
DISCHARGED ON REDUCTION:.
DISCHARGED WITH IGNOMINY:.
DISCHARGED UNFIT:.
COMPLETED LIMITED SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:.
DIED:.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/658
WO/12/661
WO/12/668
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES: Honour the Light Brigade
LINKS:.


4th Light Dragoons Index

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