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Pensioner Guards and Waterloo – Edward Tierney – by Jeanette Lee June 2021
27th Foot Uniform
| Name | TIERNEY Edward |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 1st Battalion 27th Regiment and New South Wales Veteran Corps |
| Regiment Number (s) | |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 31 May 1813 Ballina Mayo/15 years/ labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 feet 6 inches/Fresh/grey/brown |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Waterloo 2 years c 1815 (all veterans were all awarded 2 years service despite actual time spent) West Indies 2 years 9 months |
| Length of Service | 14 Years 1 month 3 years underage 27th foot 18 years 6 months NSW Veterans (from original documents, however more likely 12+ years) |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13 December 1826 27th Foot 23 October 1838 NSW Veterans Corps |
| Campaign Medals | Waterloo Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Sydney NSW |
| Pension Districts | 1838 New South Wales admitted to Out-Pension 1845 -1853 New South Wales 1854 2nd W London 1854 Western Australia 1857 – 1858 Calcutta |
| Pension Paid | 6d increased to 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th May 1854 Plymouth England via Gibraltar |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RAMILLIES 7th August 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1798 Kilmore Mayo 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 Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN see further information |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| 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 | Article on formation of Veteran’s Corp – The Australian Tuesday 17 March 1829 page 2 Possibly: Sydney Morning Herald Monday 14 April 1834 page 2 Sydney Morning Herald 11 August 1834 page 4 Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 3 January 1835 page 4 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1856 to Calcutta Bengal |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 18 January 1858 Calcutta |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Waterloo veterans were all awarded 2 years service 70 per cent of the 27th’s men were killed or wounded at Waterloo – the Duke of Wellington called it ‘the regiment that saved the centre of my line,’ Discharge 27th Foot due to varicose veins right leg and slight wound to the left leg Edward Tierney arrived in New South Wales on a Convict transport possibly in 1827 2nd Discharge was when the New South Wales Veterans Corp was disbanded 1838 Edward Tierney was treated by the doctor on the Ramillies for an ulcer during the voyage to Western Australia When Edward Tierney left Western Australia he had to refund from stoppages to his pension the cost of the passage of his wife on the Ramillies £10/4/11 less the £4/15/1 he had already repaid. See Edward Tierney’s Story by Jeanette Lee on this page |