Capt. Vito,
Here is what I found at Kew for you:
[Manic day - the building is being refurbished (to accomodate records moving from the FHC), and is closing all next week, so it was mobbed!]
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UKNA Doc: WO 13/2593
Paylists of the Militia: Antrim Rifles
Item 1: APR-JUN 1859
Battn based at : Aldershot
[Lots of recruits joining, most from Belfast.]
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P.53 Privates Pay
1278 OBrien, Francis
Paid for 16 Days, Absent 13th-15th April
1st Muster - Volunteered to 62nd Regt on 20th.
P.101 Transfers, etc.
P.103 & 104
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Reg. No. :1278
Name: Francis OBrien
Place of Birth: Moneymore
Trade When Enlisted: Printer
Date of Enlistment: 25th Jan 1856
Reason became ineffective: Volunteered to 62nd Regt. at Woolwich 20th April.
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UKNA Doc: WO 13/2590
Paylists of the Militia: Antrim Rifles
Item 5: JAN-MAR 1856
Battn based at : Aldershot
[Lots of men being transferred over in to a variety of Foot and Royal Artillery Regts.]
P. 73 Recruits
P.74
Reg. No.: 1278
Name: Francis OBrien
Date of Enlistment: 25th Jan 1856
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 3 1/2 ins
Enlisted: Belfast
Quarterly Bounty: 3s 4d
Fee for Attesting: 1/-
Bringing Money: 5/-
Bounty: 20/-
Total for Each Man: £1 6s -
[1276 Patrick MCallow (18 1/2) and 1346 William Park (19) enlisted at Belfast on the same day. 1170 Peter OBrien and 1139/1971 A. Patrick OBrien had enlisted at Dublin during the previous quarter.]
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UKNA Doc ID: WO 12/7223
Paylist of the 62nd Foot
JAN-MAR 1868
Battn based at : Cork
About a third of the men were listed as not being re-engaged.
P.73
That quarter about 40 men were subject to pay forfeiture, and 9 had been sentenced anew, as a result of Courts Martials.
Regt. No.: 355
Name: Francis OBrien
Period of Forfeiture: 60 days
Date from which it commenced: 3 Feby
Brought Forward: 58 days
Amount: £7 4s 10d
Remarks: In M Prison
P44.
355 Francis OBrien
In Military Prison 21 Days
In Confinement 10 days
No. days pay forfeited 31 days
Reason for absence from Muster: In confinement C Machal 1 - 31 March
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Haven't been able to locate the details of the CM charge and sentence yet.
It may be amongst the GCM records.
Some sentences did include being discharged from service ["D"].
[Being a Private, he couldn't simply be demoted in rank.]
He'd been in trouble earlier:
UKNA Doc: WO 13/2592
Paylists of the Militia: Antrim Rifles
Item 2: OCT-DEC 1858
Battn based at : Woolwich
P. 47
Reg. No.: 1278
Name: Francis OBrien
3rd Muster: G. Room 30th Novr
BC (?) No.: 1st Decr
Sentenced to 42 days in Prn with forfeiture of 1s per day for 3 months
[P. 73 1170 Peter OBrien confined for 32 days, for Military or Civil offence.]
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So, there's lots of personal info that can be had (on all those lovely Co. Antrim folks) in those records ...
Off to have a large fry, and spend my beer money on some Youngs products, in the Waggon & Horses!
Pip pip!
Capt Jock