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Ireland |
Born in Ross/Roosbrew? (Birr), Kings County ( Now called Offaly), Ireland in either 1822 or 1824
Joined 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot in 1840.
In 1841 he sailed with the Regiment from Cork, Ireland to the Ionian Islands in Greece and stationed at Corfu until 1847 before being sent to Malta. In 1848 the Regiment was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to relieve the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
Private Samuel McCarroll returned with the 97th Regiment of Foot to England in May 1853.
Records in 1861 show that he was stationed in Colchester, Essex.
The 1871 Census shows that he was living with his wife and 5 Children in Britton Street, New Brompton (Gillingham) Kent, England working as a Shoemaker & also receiving a pension (as a Chelsea Pensioner)
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1822 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1893 (circa) | |
