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Register - European Soldiers, Bengal Army 1790-1860 |
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Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1840-1850 L - Z
Description | Held by the British Library - BL ref IOR/L/MIL/10/125. Film no. P1070040 to P1080197. | Date transcribed | 2017-03-23 | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | Comment | Please note that the Currency listed in the Estate in Money & Effects column are in Rupees / Annas / Pies, unless otherwise designated as UK pounds [pnd] / shillings [s] / pennies [d] currency |
| Source film no. | P1070418 | | Source year | 1850 | | Surname | McGarin | | First names | James | | Rank | Gunner | | Situation | 3rd Company 6th Battn. Artillery | | Occupation before enlistment | Labourer | | Town and County | Kildare, Kildare  | | Where first enlisted | Dublin  | | Enlistment date | 14 Mar 1850 | | Contracted service | 12 years | | Arrival ship from Europe | Camperdown | | Arrival date | 1850 | | Remarks | Gunner 4th Company 6th Battn. Artillery. Corporal. Wounded in right ankle, slightly 13 Sep 1857. To Town Major's List GOCC 29 Dec 1858. Sergeant Ordnance Dept. Remanded to Artillery at his own request as Sergeant to 4th Company 6th Battn. 25 Oct 1860. Volunteered as Gunner in 1861 to Royal Artillery no.6778 | | Casualty report or Return date | Cas Report 1860 |
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The registers give full personal details of enlisted men, including casualties, in a rougly alphabetical arrangement in date order of arrival in Bengal. They were compiled at East India House, mainly from the Muster Rolls
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