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from ancestry
Name: Private James Bryan
Enlistment Age: 20
Discharge Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1834
Birth Place: Bantry, Cork
Enlistment Year: 1854
Discharge Year: 1856
Regiment: Fifty Fifth REGT. OF Foot
Regimental Number: 3734
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James
Last name Bryan
Birth year 1834
Birth parish Bantry
Birth town Bantry
Birth county Cork
Birth country Ireland
Service number 3734
Rank Private
Regiment 55th Regt Of Foot
Year 1854
Attestation date 20 Oct 1854
Attestation age years 20
Discharge corps 55th Regt Of Foot
Discharge service number 3734
Document type Discharge
Archive reference WO 97
Series Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913
Box 1557
Box record number 74
Archive
The National Archives
Country Ireland
discharged parkhurst sept 1856 unfit
1871
East Lane, Greenwich, London & Kent, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Bryan Head - Male 30 1841 - Ireland --- bantry
Catherine Bryan Wife - Female 27 1844 - Ireland
M Ann Bryan Daughter - Female 6 1865 - Kent, England
Ellen Bryan Daughter - Female 2 1869 - Kent, England
Elizabeth Bryan Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Kent, England
Mary Ann
Last name Bryan
Birth quarter 3
Birth year 1864
Mother's maiden name Collins
District Greenwich
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Page 672
James
Last name Bryan
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1863
Registration month -
, Catherine Collins
District Greenwich
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Thank you for your comments. Not sure if that's him you've found in Farnborough.
1871 Census - shows my James Bryan & Catherine (nee Collins) -plus young family living in London. (also have him/them in following years London).
I have on file -a brief note showing..'.James Bryan ....1861 ..55th Regiment Infantry... (age) 26yrs.'
Unfortunately I haven't any more info at present. Unsure where I managed to find that snippet. - I'm sorry to have so little info to offer.
I'm hoping to find out more of James ....being in the '55th Regiment of Infantry'
Thanks - Valerie
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The 'cover' for the 1861 Enumeration Book as per above census is 29th Regiment of Foot...and that man was 27 years old
Would you C&P the record to which you refer, please.
The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.
Colors: Yellow Facings
Engagements: War of the Spanish Succession: ...?
Garrison/HQ: Norton Barracks, Worcestershire?
March: Royal Windsor, 1791
?History · ?Garter Star badge · ?Regimental Colonels
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Ancestry's version of that 1861 says that man was in "Foot Regiment 29 North Camp Farnbobrough".
There's no mention of the 55th on any of the 39 pages of the record..
James Bryan
in the 1861 England Census
Name: James Bryan
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: 1834
Relation: Soldier
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland
Civil Parish: Farnborough
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Farnborough
Sub-registration District: Farnborough
ED, institution, or vessel: Foot Regiment 29 North Camp Farnborough
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 1
Piece: 435
Folio: 78
Page Number: 14
There are a number of men named James Bryan, born c1836-ish in Cork or just "Ireland" in various army units in 1861.
Can't see any 1861 census record for any James Bryan in the 55th regiment.
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Is this your James -
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
First name(s) James
Last name Bryan
Relationship Soldier
Marital status Unmarried
Sex Male
Age 27
Birth year 1834
Occupation Private
Birth town -
Birth town as transcribed -
Birth county -
Birth county as transcribed -
Birth place (other) Ireland
Birth place other as transcribed IRELAND
Street -
Parish Farnborough
City or borough -
County Hampshire
Country England
Municipal ward -
Parliamentary borough -
Registration district Farnborough
Enumeration district -
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 435
Folio 78
Page 14
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Google search - Information here about the Regiment - (also other entries)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot
Regiment returned home in 1857 after the Crimean War and then was deployed to India in 1863
https://wiki.fibis.org/w/55th_Regiment_of_Foot
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1861 shows my Irish ancestor James BRYAN (bc1836 Cork) was in the '55th Regiment of Infantry'
Can anyone help with any information please.
('Google' indicates there was an army base in Lucknow).
Thanks - Valerie
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