Limerick Recruits to East India Company to 1832
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Limerick Recruits to East India Company Service to 1832. With appendix of ships’ departures from England and arrivals in India. ©Brian Hodkinson 2019 The following list is compiled from the embarkation lists L/MIL/9/85 -102 in the India Office Records at the British Library. These have been filmed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as LDS1835456-58, 1835691 and 1866880 which were made available to the compiler at the Church’s Family History Centre in Dooradoyle, Limerick. In the records the ships are listed in chronological order of sailing, whether to Calcutta in Bengal, Bombay or Madras (modern Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai), so all three presidencies are combined together in the one list, together with St Helena, which was a company owned staging post in the South Atlantic to 1834. Between 1685 and 1825 the EIC also had a garrison at Bencoolen on the west coast of Sumatra, which for a period 1760-85 formed a presidency in its own right. The EIC also had its own navy based in Bombay, just one man James Dumphy is known to have enlisted. The embarkation lists change somewhat in format over time. 1760-74 the place of origin is not given; but starts in 1775. 1789-94 the list just has county and gives the height of the recruit. Between 1794 -96 the height is dropped. There does not seem to be any record for 1797-1800. From 1800 to 1810, sadly there are just lists of names and ship, with no indication as to the home county of the soldiers. For an unknown reason, place of enlistment which had not been recorded from 1810 at least suddenly appears again half way through the listing of the 1824 sailing of The Thomas Coutts. The level of information varies from book to book; in some cases there is no enlistment date, or it is stated that the date is unknown; in these cases I have put in a suggested date with a ? after. Given the propensity of the EIC to rush its recruits on board as soon as possible to prevent desertion I have used the sailing date from the Thames minus two months to decide the year; i.e. if a ship sails in February then a soldier is deemed to have been recruited the previous year. Obviously this is open to correction, but it is the only way to get an idea of yearly recruitment and is better than leaving out the unknown. From 1831 the company introduced books of soldiers’ services for each presidency which continue through to 1860 when the Company’s armies were disbanded. These service books start with those currently serving, or with Company connections, in 1831, so some names appear in both listings. 2,000+ Limerick names have been abstracted by the present compiler from the service books and they are available online as three separate files, one for each presidency, together with a file of soldiers returned to England after service, see https://www.limerick.ie/research-aids-people-and-places St. Helena names are continued in this current list to 1834, because they do not appear in the presidency lists. Unless stated in the remarks column all recruits were privates/gunners at embarkation. Some recruits were given acting status e.g. sergeant, corporal, for the journey out but seem to have reverted to private/gunner on arrival. 1 1) Name. * Denotes a name that also appears in the post 1830 listings. Where the detail differs, smaller font text in brackets is the post 1830 information. #denotes name appears in list of soldiers returned to England. 2) Year of Attestation where given. N.B. day and month omitted here. For the 18th century the date is not given, however it is possible to use ships’ records for the date of sailing and arrival. Where a ? is placed after date then it is a suggested year, see above for criteria used. on board as fast as possible. 4) Home parish. Co. Limerick is taken as read. Anomalies occur in border areas. 5) Former occupation. 6) Place of enlistment, where given. Some records state “Town”, which I assume means London. 7) Ship; N.B. there is a list of ships with their destination and date of sailing and arrival (where given) as an appendix to this list. 8) Year of arrival. 9) Presidency; Be Bengal, Bo Bombay, M Madras, StH St. Helena, Ben Bencoolen. Nd no stated destination 10) Remarks, includes rank other than private/gunner and service; wife’s name Abbreviations; D. Died; Disch. Discharged; A artillery; HA Horse Artillery; I infantry; E Engineers; Act. Acting; S Sergeant; C Corporal; snr senior; TML Town Major’s List; W wife; nd no date/destination entered, depending on columns; QMS Quarter Master Sergeant; P. Charlotte of Wales Princess Charlotte. NB. Where information is unclear (e.g. torn left page, shadow down fold obscuring initial letters etc.) it is marked with ? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ahern, John# 1827 19 Rathkeale Labourer Newcastle Parmelia 1827 Be A. Allen, John 1826 20 St. Mary’s Cabinetmak’r Limerick Lowther Castle 1827 Bo A. Allen, Michael*# 1827 19 Rathkeale Labourer Limerick Abercrombie Robinson 1828 Bo I. Alltime, Adam 1823 19 Kilflinn Labourer - Thomas Coutts 1824 Bo I. Alltime, Peter 1823 19 Kilflinn Labourer - Thomas Coutts 1824 Bo I. Anderson, John 1822 25 St. Mary’s Labourer - Royal George 1823 Be A. Anglam, Michael# 1824 21 Newcastle Labourer Limerick General Kyd 1825 Be I. Banks, Stephen* 1823 22 Croom Labourer - P. Charlotte of Wales 1823? M A. Banks, William 1790? 25 Limerick Joiner Bristol True Briton 1791 M 5ft 10 Barclay, Thomas 1813 25 St. John’s Labourer - Neptune 1814 Bo Disch. 05/12/17 Barrett, Lawrence 1816 19 St. John’s Cordwainer - Herefordshire 1817 M A. Barry, James 1822 19 St. John’s Hatter - Farquharson 1823 Bo I. Barry, James* 1826 19 Croom Servant Limerick Minerva 1827 M A. W, Mary Barry, John* 1826 21 Croom Servant Limerick Minerva 1827 M A. Act. S Barry, Thomas 1811? 18 Drumcurry Labourer - Devonshire 1811 Be Disch. 31/12/14 Barry, Thomas# 1815 24 Castlemahon Bricklayer - Castle Huntly 1816 Bo C. Disch. 19/01/20 2 Begley, Thomas 1812 20 Ballybricken Labourer - Marquis of Ely 1812 Bo Disch. 16/02/16 Bennett, James*# 1822 19 St. Mary’s Clerk - Scaleby Castle 1823 Bo I. Bennett, John# 1812 24 Carickaliss Labourer - Euphrates 1812 Be - (Caherconlish?) Bennett, Patrick 1829 19 Askeaton Labourer Limerick Marquis of Wellington 1829 Be A. Bennis, William 1825 24 Ballygrant Labourer Westminster Thames 1826 Be I. Benson, Michael 1810? 25 Croom Labourer - Indus 1810 M Disch. 05/02/12 Benson, Michael*# 1829 19 Croom Labourer Limerick Dunira 1830 Be I Bernard, Francis 1811 25 St. John’s Clerk - Lord Duncan 1812 Be Act. S. Berry, Maurice* 1827 19 Ardcanny Labourer Limerick Minerva 1827 M I. (Morris) Bird, Francis 1822 22 Limerick Cabinet - Farquharson 1823 Bo I. maker Birrane, Daniel 1816 18 Cappamore Labourer - Mangles 1816 Be A. Blacall? George 1826 19 Pallaskenry Labourer Pallaskenry Malcolm 1826 Be I. Bleaney, William 1825 19 Caherconlish Weaver Limerick Duchess of Athol 1826 Bo A. W, Jane, son Thomas 4 Boes, Timothy* 1827 19 Castleconnell Labourer Limerick Parmelia 1827 Be A. Boland, Nicholas 1790? 28 Limerick Labourer Dublin Taunton Castle 1791 Bo 5ft 5 Boland, Thomas 1827 19 St. Mary’s Labourer Limerick Marquis of Camden 1828 StH I. Killed by lightning 23/03/28 Bourke, David 1811 33 Patrickswell Cooper - Arniston 1811 Bo Disch. 27/11/12 Bourke, David* 1829 19 Askeaton Mason Limerick James Sibbald 1830 M A. W, Mary, Anastasia 3 Bourke, Patrick 1830 25 Ballybryan Labourer Limerick General Kyd 1831 StH A. Bourke, Thomas* 1826 19 St. John’s (Martin’s) Labourer Limerick Repulse 1827 Be I. Bourke, Thomas 1827 19 Castleconnell Slater Limerick P. Charlotte of Wales 1827 M I. Bowes? William 1826 22 Castleconnell Labourer Dublin Coldstream 1827 M I. Bowland, James 1811 23 Limerick Labourer - Arniston 1811 Bo Disch. 01/03/?? Boyle, William 1778 24 Limerick Labourer - Ceres 1779 Be - Brady, John 1810 28 Kilkely Labourer - Lord Keith 1810 Be - Braun, David 1827 20 St. Michael’s Cooper Westminster General Harris 1828 StH A. Bray(?) James 1828 19 Limerick Labourer Liverpool Malcolm 1828 M I. Breen, Connor 1832 24 Upperchurch Hatter Liverpool Bombay 1833 StH A. Brennan (Brissnan), 1828 20 Kilbalyown Labourer Limerick Bridgewater 1829 Be A. Dennis* Bresnan, James 1827 19 Newcastle Clerk Cork Thomas Grenville 1827 Be I. 3 Brian, Benjamin 1826 19 Abington Labourer Limerick Mangles 1827 Bo A. Brian, John 1785 17 Limerick Labourer - Europa 1786 Be 5ft 8 Brian, John 1822 24 Kilmurry Labourer - Royal George 1822 Be A. Brien, Patrick 1823 21 Hospital Labourer - Waterloo 1823 Bo A. Bristling, Thomas 1809 21 Bruff Labourer - Arniston 1810 Bo D. 27/11/11 at Baroda Brown, George* 1827 19 Fedamore Smith Limerick Marquis of Huntly 1828 Be I. (G 3c 2b) (Fidenrow) Brown, Thomas 1824 19 Castleconnell Labourer Nenagh Hythe 1825 Be A. Bryan, Connor 1785? 26 Limerick Labourer - Rodney 1785 Be 5ft 7 Bryan, Dennis 1791? 27 Limerick Labourer Town General Goddard 1792 Be 5ft 8. Embarked 1st on Ganges Bryan, John 1785? 16 Limerick Labourer - Duke of Montrose 1785 Bo 5ft 3 Buckley, Daniel 1825 21 Newcastle Labourer Dublin Thomas Coutts 1826 Bo A. Buckley, Denis* 1826 19 Nicard (Nicker?) Labourer Castleconnell Abberton 1826 M I. (G 1b) (Pallasgreen) Buckley, John 1821 21 Stradbally Linen draper - Berwickshire 1822 Bo A. Buckley, Patrick 1811 18 Pallasgreen Labourer - Devonshire 1811 M? Disch. 12/02/?? Burke, Edward 1792? 22 Limerick Hairdresser Cork Brunswick 1793 Bo 5ft 3 Burke, Edward 1812 25 St.