Thomas Taylor, Gunner in Royal Artillery

[jonw65]

Robert?

Register of Deceased Soldiers and Next of Kin. Royal Artillery 4 Battalion.
This entry appears on folio 12r.
Robert TAYLOR died 1851, in Dungannon.
Note: Sickness.
Covering dates indicate year of death.
Date: 1851
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13470268

[G63]

Thank you so much, your help is greatly appreciated. I wouldn’t know where to start looking for that information. Thanks for taking the time to help.
Regards,
Geraldine

[jonw65]

Hi
I hope we are on to something, even though it's not good news.
The next of kin on that death record being wife Mary Ann in Belfast does suggest it could be your Thomas.

There are only two Thomas Taylors in the RA in the 1851 Army Index....
And one stationed in Dublin (7th Battalion, 5th Company)

For elimination purposes, this could be the one in Dublin in 1851

Statements of Service, Royal Artillery 10 Battalion Numbers 1 to 477.
This entry appears on opening 238
Soldier's Number 230: Thomas TAYLOR.
Born Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Enlisted 1846 aged 18 years.
Note: Transferred to 7 Battalion 1848.
Ref: WO 69/160/230
Date: 1846
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13195194

Statements of Service, Royal Artillery 7 Battalion Numbers 2497 to 2948.
This entry appears on opening 156
Soldier's Number 2636: Thomas TAYLOR.
Born Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Enlisted 1846 aged 18 years.
Note: Transferred to 12 Battalion 1855.
Ref: WO 69/142/142
Date: 1846
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12748740

Are there any more?

[jonw65]

Are there any more?

From a very quick look, based on enlistment and discharge years, and ages on enlistments, probably not.

[jonw65]

If you think that Greenwich district (included Woolwich) death in 1856 could be the right one, don't forget you can get a pdf of the register entry, delivered electronically, from the GRO website for £7.

[G63]

The Belfast connection sounds very promising.  When Sarah Anne Taylor got married her address was recorded as Walton Street, Belfast. I know Agnes Wills, Sarah Anne’s grandmother, and two of her daughters lived in Walton Street.