KILNER – James HEIC Bengal Artillery and Royal Artillery 25th Brigade

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Honourable East India Company – Painting of Battle of Ferozeshah 1845

Name	KILNER – James
Regiment (s)	Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery and Royal Artillery 25th Brigade
Regiment Number (s)	4549
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	HEIC – 5th March 1845 / 21 years 8 months / London Middlesex England Royal Artillery – 30th April 1861 / 37 years / Not yet known Groom
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 11½ in Sallow / Blue / Dark / Scar on forefinger of left hand
Overseas Service/Duration	India 20 years 353 days Per Queen to India from UK 1845 Per Malabar to England 8th March 1865 from India
Length of Service	22 years 199 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	HEIC – Sergeant / 29th April 1861/ Not yet known Royal Artillery – Sergeant / 19th September 1865 / Sheerness England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	East Grinstead Sussex England
Pension Districts	1865 Brighton 1866 Deptford 1873 Greenwich 1874 Western Australia
Pension Paid	2/0d 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	c1823 East Grinstead Sussex England
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	KILNER Edward
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	NORBURY Mary Ann nee COLE B 1822 Stoke Staffordshire England
Date/Place of Marriage	26th March 1850 Umballa Bengal India
Children by 1^st Wife	Adopted Caroline THOMPSON B 1856 Calcutta India
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	COLE Thomas
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	The Inquirer and Commercial News 6th May 1874 – page 3 Death Notice The Inquirer and Commercial News 20th May 1874 – page 2 Subscription The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 10th April 1889 page 3 Death of Mary
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	30th April 1874 Perth Military Barracks Western Australia bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	6th April 1889 Perth Home Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Granted Boon of two years service on discharge from Honourable East India Company 1871 Census RG 10/746/23/4 16 railway Grove St. Paul Deptford, London Kent James Kilner age 49 an Army pensioner born East Grimstead in Sussex is living with his wife Mary A Kilner also aged 49 and born Stoke Staffordshire. Also living with the couple is Caroline Thompson an orphan age 15 who was born Calcutta India, she is working as a school mistress After James’s untimely death a subscription list raised £20 for the assistance of Mrs Kilner, further more she was awarded a pension of 4 ½ per diem from the Lord Clive pension Fund.