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| Name | WEIR – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 44th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 822 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 18th February 1826 / 17 years / Kilmarnock Ayr Scotland Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 17 years 250 days Prisoner of the Afghans from 29th December 1841 to 26th September 1842 |
| Length of Service | 22 years 207 days Private 17 February 1826-16 February 1827 underage Private 17 February 1827-31 December 1828 Private 1 January 1829-10 April 1834 Corporal 11 April 1834-26 April 1838 Sergeant 27 April 1838-24 July 1849 |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 24th July 1849 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Afghanistan |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Horsham Sussex or Colchester Essex England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Ipswich 1855-1858 Western Australia 1858-1859 Madras |
| Pension Paid | 2/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th February 1855 Plymouth England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | STAG 23rd May 1855 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1809 Minto Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SCOTT Ann 1821 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | James B 1949 Horsham Sussex England Henry Robert b 1850 Colchester, Essex, England Bp 13th October 1850 Colchester, Essex, England Ann B 1855 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known: pension paid in Western Australia until December 1857 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 15th February 1859 Madras India Poonamallee Quilon St Andrews Madras India |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 27th November 1856 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Severely wounded at Cabul on 23 November 1841. British Army Worldwide index 1841 James Weir, 822, Sergeant, 44th regiment, location Jellalabad & Afghanistan. WO12/5671 In the 1851 Census James age 45, a Chelsea Pensioner born Scotland is living at Pond Lane Colchester, Essex with his wife Ann age 30 born Horsham, Sussex and children James age 2 also born Horsham and Hemery(sic) born 1851 at Colchester Sussex. AJCP reel 466/87 part 2 Folio 233 Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into complaints by the wives of the Pensioner Guard on the “Stag” into the conduct of the Superintendent Surgeon CALDWELL. Mrs. MASH, Mrs. MURPHY and Mrs. WEIR wives of the Enrolled pensioners were under medical treatment for symptoms that he thought exceedingly strange for married women |