Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
| Name | BLANEY – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery Coastal Brigade |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1175 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th August 1845 / 18 years / Dartree Lodge Armagh Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fair / Light brown / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Bermuda – 4 years 8 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 29 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 6th November 1866 / Dungeness Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dungannon Tyrone Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1866 Armagh 1867 Leeds 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 Western Australia 1869 Calcutta 1870 Demerara No payment crossed out |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1827 Clonfeacle Dunggannon (sic) Tyrone Ireland |
| 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 | Mary B 1839 Stafford, Wolverhampton, England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | none |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1869 for India |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | none |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index; 1851 Thomas Blaney 1175 location Bermuda 1861 Thomas Blaney 1175 location Woolwich 1861 Census RG 09/551/48/36 Thomas Blaney and his wife Mary are living at No 1 Martello Tower Folkstone Kent. Thomas is still gunner with the Coastal division of the Royal Artillery, he was born Dungannon, Ireland. His wife Mary age 22 was born Stafford, Wolverhampton. |