Re: Charles Farnes b Abt 1828

[Norma]

Hi

Can anyone out there help - I have been trying to find info on Charles Farnes - Farrier Major - 6th Inniskillings Dragoons. He died from cholera while returing home on board ship in 1856. Medals: Sebastapol - Inkerman - Balaklava. 2 Medals (one in 1854). Where would his death have been recorded? Any info would be helpful.

Many thanks
Norma

[Peter Goodey]

Where would his death have been recorded?

Have you tried the GRO military/overseas indexes? Available (for a short while :() at the Family Records Centre or online at find my past and probably also elsewhere.

If you find him in the indexes you can order the death certificate in the usual way from the GRO (overseas section).

[Norma]

Many thanks for info however I couldn't find him anywhere on GRO
Norma

[Lawrence W. Crider]

Farnes, Farrier Major Charles (1074)
Oct to Dec 1854: with Service Troops the entire period; on board ship 3 days; paid 92 days at 2s 2d per diem [54-4-2][JDC].
Jan to Mar 1855: with the Service Troops the entire period; paid 90 days at 2s 2d per diem; stoppages for 90 days while ashore of 4 1/2d per diem [55-1-2]. Remittance of £5-0-0 to Eliza Farnes [55-1-21].
Apr to Jun 1855: with Service Troops the entire period; paid 91 days at 2s 2d per diem; stoppages for 91 days on shore at 4 1/2d per diem [55-2-2].
Jul to Sep 1855: paid 92 days at 2s 2d per diem; stoppages for 92 days ashore at 4 1/2d per diem [55-3-2].
Crimean Medal [232][JDC]; with I Clasp [232][JDC]; and B Clasp [255][JDC]; with B Clasp notation [232]; and S Clasp [244][JDC]; and Turkish Medal [273].
died as farrier CR 5/59, CR 6/59, CR 9/60, ∑10456; regt. no. listed as “1674” (sic)[CL].

This is what is on the Musters for the regiment from Oct 1854 to Sep 1855 and the Medal Rolls.

Cheers,

Lawrence W. Crider

[Norma]

Hi

Many thanks for the info you provided on Farrier Major Charles Farnes. Still trying to find a death record so will just keep on searching! His son Charles was born in May 1857 but I believe he himself died in 1856. Would there be any way of searching for his record?

Thanks again

Norma

[Lawrence W. Crider]

In the records which I have his death is mentioned that he died as a farrier and the reference mentioned is CR ("casualty roll"--although this is just a general reference for a set of documents which lists why men were absent from the service) 59 which I assume means he probably died in 1859. If you have access to the National Archives at Kew, you should search the regimental musters beginning in 1859 for changes in his status. If he died that year, his death will be mentioned on Form 20 or Form 24 for the respective quarter in which he died. If he was still alive, you look to the next quarter, and so on until his service ends with his death.

Cheers,

LC

[Norma]

Many thanks for your update. However, as I do not live in England it is not possible at the moment to visit Kew personally so I will just keep checking on data which may appear on-line at some future date.

Regards
Norma