46th Regiment of Foot Crimean War Deaths

[Debsbozkurt]

I am looking for a George McCannon 46th Regiment of Foot, he was in Hull 1851 service no 1448 but by 1856 his son was in the Dublin Royal Hibernian Military Schools as an army Orphan. George was in the 46th Reg of Foot when he married in Templemore, Ireland in 1843. George death can not be found anywhere and it looks like the death records of the 46th foot are not on any online database. However there is mention in a diary Extracts from an officer’s diary from the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot have been preserved since 1855 which document the gruelling conditions at the frontline of the Crimean War. The book contains diary entries and sketches, and, at the back, a list of soldiers who died during the war, including their names, rank, date, and cause of death. This is held in the Bodmin Museum.

Does anyone know where I can find a list of 46th deaths, doesn't appear on the normal subscription sites.

Thanks

[helachau]

The London Gazette published lists/names of the dead, reproduced in newspapers.

The names of those who died in the hospital at Scutari made the newspapers. I recall an article headed "Martyrs of Scutari", published as a tribute to those who endured the terrible conditions there as opposed to the tributes paid to those who fell in battle.

The 46th reached the Crimea 8 Nov 1854.

[Debsbozkurt]

The London Gazette published lists/names of the dead, reproduced in newspapers.

The names of those who died in the hospital at Scutari made the newspapers. I recall an article headed "Martyrs of Scutari", published as a tribute to those who endured the terrible conditions there as opposed to the tributes paid to those who fell in battle.

The 46th reached the Crimea 8 Nov 1854.

Thanks I did look in London Gazette but couldn't see anything, I looked under McCannon and Cannon as he married under Cannon but his and his sons military record were under McCannon. There is no death notice of his wife in any country either and no records of any other child born. I have been researching a lot of Irish catholic soldiers recently for the offshoots of this family and the records seems to be fairly complete in the army specially in India but maybe not so in the campaigns. Thank you for looking

[helachau]

I had checked under Mccannon + variations without success. The 46th, after the sighting of George Mccannon on the '51 index, pop up in Preston, Belfast, Dublin and Kilkenny before arriving in the Crimea late '54. Ireland is not the easiest of places to search.

As I understand it a soldier's record was destroyed if killed while "in harness" - not required for pension purposes.

[Debsbozkurt]

As I understand it a soldier's record was destroyed if killed while "in harness" - not required for pension purposes.[/QUOTE]

Apologies in harness, does that mean died in campaign or died whilst signed on with the regiment regardless of how or where died. If they are married does their wife get their pension or is it only the man that is intitled to it. Thank you

[Lesley Robertson]

If you haven’t already done so, also check Mac… variants. Mac/Mc were both used, depending on who was writing.

[helachau]

I'm using "in harness" to indicate he was still in the army.
Officers qualified for pension if killed in battle (there's an interesting case where a wife argued her husband dying in a duel qualified her for a pension) but not non-commissioned men and rank and file.

Evening Mail 18 Oct 1854
" ... he may know when he falls for his country, either by sword or pestilence, that his widow and children are not left paupers or dependent on charity, though such charity may be given, as in the present case, freely and generously ... But, I again repeat, it is now the time to urge that the nation should provide for its defenders' widows and orphans, and that this sacred duty should not be left to the benevolent and generous".

The Crimean War triggered a lot of discussion on the subject.

[helachau]

Wives who did not accompany their husband abroad could not remain in barracks and were required to return to their parish.

"Government not only pays the passage of all soldiers' wives to their parishes but also grants an allowance of 10d a day to every soldier's wife and 6d a day to every soldier's child not above 14 years of age until they arrive at their parishes, provided that they proceed from their regiment without waiting until embarkation"

On arrival the allowances cease and charity or the workhouse kicks in.