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Go to record Dum Dum Memorial to Irishmen dying during the Retreat from Kabul (1841-42) Dum Dum Memorial to Irishmen dying during the Retreat from Kabul (1841-42)
 Irishmen dying during the Retreat from Kabul

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Date transcribed2015-00-00
Transcribed byLeslie Rogers
CommentPlease Note that these men are from 1st Troop, 1st Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery, who died during the Insurrection and during the Retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War. The data are taken from a memorial erected in Dum Dum in 1844.

The list totals 99 soldiers but only the Irishment have been extracted and supplemented by further details taken from further records located in the India Office Records, plus Leslie Rogers own investigation of their stated places of origin. This list of 43 Irish casualties may be incomplete as the Dum Dum Memorial also contains a small number of soldiers with Irish surnames who could not be found in the IOR. The parishes of BIRTH are Irish Civil parishes unless otherwise stated in the final record.

First Name  Richard    
Surname  Alleyn    
Rank  Corporal    
Age  27    
Born- Parish  Clonakilty    
Born- County  Cork    
Enlisted- Place  London    
Enlisted- Date  25 Feb 1837    
Occupation  Labourer    
Date of Death  13 Jan 1842    
Identification of Origin  Town of Clonakilty in Kilgarriff parish. Town contained places of worship for Anglicans, Catholics and Methodists.    
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An extended list of Irish Soldiers who died during the Retreat from Kabul between November 1841 and January 1842.

Note that these men were in the 1st Troop, 1st Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery. Their names feature on a Memorial erected at Dum Dum in 1844. Only the Irishmen have been extracted from a list of 99 soldiers by Leslie Rogers (Dun Laoghaire) in pursuit of their places of origin. The list is not therefore complete and extra records have been added as found in the India Office Records.
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