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 Irish Enlisted in HEIC 1847-1855 - Depot List A-Z

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Date transcribed2023-03-28
Transcribed byLeslie Rogers
CommentHEIC depot description lists relating to Irishmen who enlisted for HEIC army

FIRST NAME  William    
View all other items of "LAST NAME" with value "Riley" in "Irish Enlisted in HEIC 1847-1855 - Depot List A-Z" LAST NAME  Riley    
AGE  23    
HEIGHT  5ft. 10 5/8ins.    
VISAGE  3/651    
HAIR  dark brown    
EYES  grey    
COMPLEXION  sallow    
BORN PARISH  Ballymote    
I N/NR TOWN  Ballymote    
BORN COUNTY  Sligo    
ENLISTED BY  Major Axford    
ENLISTED IN  Liverpool    
JOINED DEPOT  14/4/1849    
ENLISTED  8/4/1849    
ATTESTED  10/4/1849    
SERVICE  12 years    
OCCUPATION  labourer    
REMARKS  "A large scar on right instep. A lady on the inside of the right forearm and a harp on right humerus. Christ on the cross on the left upper arm with stars and marked a little with smallpox". District Surgeon. Age 23 years, 5 months Rejected and discharged, 6/6/1849, by Authority of the Commander in Chief in consequence of having denied his previous service in the 12th Foot, from which he had been discharged with "a very bad" character.    
Transcriber Remarks  Ballymote R.C. Parish. Town of Ballymote in Emlaghfad civil parish.    
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Depot Registers of Irish recruits, held by the British Library [IOR/L/MIL/9/29-46]. Includes Artillery, Cavalry, Description books and Infantry.
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