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Edward James by Peter Conole and Diane Oldman – January 2013 EPG Gazette
| Name | JAMES – Edward |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery 3rd Bengal European Cavalry and 6th Dragoons 21st Hussars |
| Regiment Number (s) | 7 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 9th January 1858 / 27 years 6 months / Warley Essex England Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0 in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | India – 11 years 127 days Crimea – 2 years 40 days |
| Length of Service | Enlisted 1850 served 7 years 13 days in the 6th dragoons discharged at own request 8th April 1857. Re-enlisted 9th January 1858 and served a further 14 years 108 days Total 21years 121 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant Major / 26th April 1870 / Netley Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Balaklava Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimea War Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Trinity Close Blackheath Hill Greenwich Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1870 Deptford 1870 N London 1871 E London 1874-1887 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 2/0½d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st November 1873 Gravesend England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NAVAL BRIGADE 18th February 1874 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1831 Deptford Kent England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | JAMES Matthew (Marriage) |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | DOWLING Emily nee SMITH B 1st November 1842 Bp 19th February 1843 St John’s Cawnpore Bengal |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16th February 1863 Christ Church Muthra Bengal India |
| Children by 1st Wife | Albert Edward B 10th January 1864 Bp 6th March 1864 Umballa Bengal India Florence Ellen B 23rd December 1865 Bp 7th March 1866 St Paul’s Umballa Bengal India M BINGAY Jacob Van Buskirk 23rd December 1886 St. George’s Cathedral Perth Western Australia D 8th January 1915 Perth WA (Florence Eleanor) Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Madeline Clara B 6th November 1866 Bp 7th November 1866 St Paul’s Umballa Bengal India Edith Amelia B 24th November 1867 Bp 14th January 1868 Umballa Bengal India M MARSHALL William 26th December 1892 Perth Western Australia D 28th January 1930 Midland WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Octavius Percy B 4th January 1870 Bp 30th January 1870 Deolalee Bombay India M 1st McMANUS Margaret 1896 Perth Western Australia M 2nd LANGDEN Alice 1903 Guildford Western Australia D 13th April 1939 Donnybrook Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Blanche Gertrude B 1873 England D 17th February 1927 West Perth WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Maude Madeline b 1878 WA M PASH Sydney William April 1894 Guildford WA D 7th February 1921 West Perth WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Grace Ethel B 1880 M HAYNES Walter William 11th November 1901 Highgate Hill Perth WA D 20th October 1927 West Perth WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | SMITH Samuel |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Susannah |
| 1st Husband of wife | DOWLING Thomas Benjamin M 19th April 1858 Dum Dum Bengal India (Thomas Died 18th September 1862 Kussowlie) |
| Children of Marriage to 1st Husband | Emily b 6th October 1859 Chunar India Bp 18th January 1860 Dinapore Bengal M CLEMENTS Isaac Walter 1883 Perth WA D 18th April 1912 Claremont WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA George b 1862 Kussowlie Bengal |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 21st July 1881 assigned Perth Lot 76E Claisebrook 0.2.16 2 roods 16 perches 19th January 1882 Title application 5/1453 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Lance Corporal Drill Instructor Perth Artillery Volunteers Drill Instructor to Police |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Friday 7th January 1887 page 3 Obituary The Herald (Fremantle WA) Saturday 24th April 1874 page 3 James Toohill v HM Downing The West Australian Thursday 18th April 1912 page 1 Death of Emily Clements nee Dowling The Daily News Monday 4th April 1921 page 7 Funeral notice Emily James |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | January 1887 Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 3rd April 1921 North Perth WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British army Worldwide Index 1861 Edward James 7 Sergeant 21st hussars location Mutta East Indies Discharge due to inguinal hernia left side and impaired vision. 1871 Census Plaiston Grove London Essex Edward James age 40 a pensioner of the 21st hussars is living with his wife Emily age 28 born Cawnpore India and his family. Emily his 11 year old daughter born 1860 Chunar India is actually his step daughter Emily Dowling and George (Dowling) age 9 born Kussowlie 1862 is also a step child. Albert age 7, Florence age 5 and Edith age 3 were all born Umballa India and Octavius age 1 was born Bombay. George seems to disappear from this time but Emily Dowling came to Australia with the family. 18th April 1874 Edward Kellington and SM Edward James gave evidence in the case of James Toohill v HM Downing regarding the payment of wages for work done on the Naval Brigade during the voyag |