Some Soldiers from Longtown

Some Soldiers from Longtown

Obituaries

August 24th 1805 Carlisle Journal Lately in Longtown, Thomas Morris, aged 90. He entered early in life in the army, and was in many a pitched battle in Flanders and Germany, and in Culloden in the Scotch rebellion, and was what we may truly call a Christian soldier.December 26th 1812 Carlisle JournalThe 17th ult. at Longtown, surgeon William Graham, late of the 8th Royal Veteran battalion, aged 50 years.June 13th 1818 Carlisle Patriot On the 4th January at Serore in the East Indies, Lieut. Thomas Pattinson, only son of the Rev Thomas Pattinson, rector of Kirklinton. The action in which he lost his life is one of the most gallant on record. The battalion in which he served consisted of 380 native infantry, with 25 English artillerymen and 200 irregular horse. This little company sustained from one in the morning until seven in the evening the attack of the whole of the force of the Peishwa, consisting of 25000 horse and 5000 infantry, and again continued their defence on the following morning till the approach of Gen. Smith relieving them, and occasioned the precipitate retreat of the enemy. Lieut. Pattinson, to whose courage and conduct this astonishing defence is chiefly attributed, continued to animate his men, and could scarcely be prevailed upon to leave the field after receiving two wounds in the chest. Thus fell, in the discharge of his duty, a brave and deeply lamented officer.February 2nd 1822 Carlisle PatriotAt Park Rigg, parish of Stapleton, Mr John Graham, aged 100 years. He served in a cavalry regiment under the Duke of Cumberland during the rebellion of 1745.July 19th 1823 Carlisle PatriotAt the Presidency, (Madras) on the 29th of January, Lieutenant and Adjutant William Graham of the 1st Battalion, 14th Regiment NI, an officer whose conduct throughout life was marked by honourable principles and a zealous discharge of the duties of his profession. Lieutenant Graham was the only surviving son of Mrs Graham of Longtown, and at the time of his death was under orders to return to his native country for the benefit of his health. (Asiatic Journal)May 22nd 1824 Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown, on the 16th Inst. Captain Samuel Rome, late of his Majesty?s 3rd West India Regiment, aged 64. Captain Rome served under the Duke of York in Holland as a sergeant, and received his commission from the hands of the Duke, on account of his conduct in hoisting the standard of his regiment, after it had been shot away. (Note: Captain Rome was actually in the 4th West India Regiment, and had been a sergeant in the 28th regiment of foot when he received his commission).June 2nd 1827 Carlisle PatriotAt Rangoon, on the 6th April 1826, Captain John Irving James, of the Hon. East India Company?s 7th Regiment Native Infantry, in the 33rd year of his age and 17th of his residence in India, son of the Rev. John James of Nicholforest.July 14th 1827 Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown, after a long indisposition, Mr Alex. Fraser, late Lieutenant in the Caithness Fencibles, aged 50 yearsDecember 19th 1829 Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown, on the 14th Inst. after having completed his seventh voyage to the different Presidencies of India, Peter James, Esq. Chief Officer on board the Hon. Company?s ship Malcolm, and oldest surviving son of the Rev. John James of Nicholforest, aged 31.December 4th 1830 Carlisle PatriotNovember 12th at Naas in Ireland, aged 25, Jonathan Dodd, 34th Regiment (much esteemed,) second son of Mr Joseph Dodd of Brampton, who formerly belonged to and was with HMS Majestic of 74 guns at the battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798.March 9th 1833 Carlisle PatriotRecently, at Brampton, at an advanced age, Mr Wm Fleming, RN. He was one of the oldest surgeons in the Navy List, having been in the service upwards of 40 years.October 5th 1833 Carlisle PatriotAt Coimlature on the 2nd May last, Captain Charles Bell, 34th Madras Native Infantry, second son of the late James Bell, Esq. of Woodhouselees.June 7th 1834 Carlisle PatriotAt Holmhead near Langholm on the 28th ult, after a long hypochondriac illness, Mr David Brown, sometime assistant surgeon of the 1st West India Regiment, aged 34. June 14th 1834 Carlisle PatriotIn the island of Guernsey, in the month of December last, Colonel Irving, a native of Glinzier in the parish of Canonbie, Dumfriesshire. The deceased entered his Majesty?s service in the month of July 1795 as an ensign in the 28th regiment of foot, and from that period until shortly before his death was always in active service, and throughout the late war bore a high name for bravery in the many engagements in which he was present.March 16th 1839Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown lately Mr Thomas Scott, pensioner, Royal Marines, aged 56.January 15th 1842Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown on the 13th inst, William Wright Esq., surgeon aged 62 years. The deceased was assistant surgeon under his brother in the army during the Irish rebellion, he was afterwards a resident for 17 years on the coast of Guinea, and the other period of his life was spent at Longtown in his practice, which was very extensive. He was well known, both in this place, Liverpool and London, where he was greatly esteemed. He was surgeon to both the friendly societies, or sick clubs, in Longtown.January 29th 1842Carlisle PatriotAt Longtown on the 24th inst Mr James Jardine. The deceased was discharged from the Royal Artillery after 22 years service, part of which was in Egypt under General Abercrombie.February 17th 1843Carlisle PatriotDeath of a VeteranAt the Porter?s Lodge, Netherby, on the 7th inst, died Mr James Shore, aged 70. The deceased had served in the 52nd regiment of foot, for a period of 23 years, with which he was present at most of the leading engagements in the Peninsular Campaign, in one of which, in Portugal, he had the honour of saving the life of his Captain (Mein) and subsequently became entitled to wear the Waterloo medal. The deceased was highly respected by Colonel Napier, who had been known to go six miles out of his road to visit him. Old Shore was remarkable for the kindliness of his nature, and proved it by the protection he offered to a helpless Portuguese boy, who followed the army for some weeks. Shore took him under his care until he was old enough to beat the triangle, and it is gratifying to be able to say that he afterwards became a steady soldier, and obtained his discharge with a pension so lately as 3 or 4 years ago, when the 52nd were stationed in Carlisle.August 2nd 1844Carlisle PatriotAt Peth in the parish of Arthuret, on the 28th ult, Mr William Wilson, a discharged private from the 15th regiment of foot, after a painful illness, aged 29 years.April 23rd 1847Carlisle PatriotAt Montreal, Lower Canada, on the 5th ult, George Ferguson Esq. late Captain in the 23rd Regiment, and eldest son of the late George Ferguson Esq. of Houghton Hall near this city, at the age of 33.January 15th 1848Carlisle PatriotOn the 12th inst at Longtown, Mr Edward Finlay, pensioner, aged 67 years, formerly of the 1st Grenadier Foot Guards. He served under Sir John Moore at Corunna, afterwards with the Duke of Wellington in many of the principal battles in the Peninsular War. He was also at Waterloo, where he did his duty like a British Soldier. Lord Saltoun always made him a handsome present when passing through Longtown.February 5th 1848Carlisle PatriotAt Gilnockie Cottage, Cannonbie on the 23rd ult, aged 63, Lancelot Armstrong Esq. surgeon of the Royal Navy and late of the Naval Hospital at the Cape of Good Hope.The deceased served as assistant surgeon on board the Ajax at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was also on board one of the ships under Admiral Duckworth, when she blew up in the passage of the Dardanelles. He lost the whole of his clothes etc and saved his life by swimming.September 22nd 1849Carlisle PatriotOn the 5th inst at Berrywood House near Southampton, Colonel Thomas Moody, Royal Engineers, aged 79. Colonel Moody was a native of Longtown and uncle to the Rev Clement Moody of Sebergham in this county.August 31st 1850Carlisle PatriotAt Hazareebaugh, East Indies, on the 16th June last, Lieutenant Thomas Somerville Irwin, Bengal Engineers, grandson of the late Thomas Irwin Esq Justus Town, near Carlisle.August 19th 1890 Carlisle JournalThe Late Commander Joseph Irwin RNThis venerable officer died at his residence, Wetheral Plains, near Carlisle, on Saturday last. Born 27th February 1792 and entering the Navy as a first-class Volunteer on the 27th April 1806, under Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge, he has had an experience of nigh 99 years, which but very few of his generation could boast of, and survived all the officers of his day excepting two, his seniors by a few months.Captain Irwin was third son of the late Mr Thomas Irwin of Mosside and Justustown, Cumberland, who married Miss Jane Senhouse of Calder Abbey and died January 1832, leaving issue of six sons and four daughters. Though attached to the Trafalgar Fleet, Mr Irwin?s commission dated subsequently to the battle; but as a middy and lieutenant, he saw much active service in several ships, notably in the Thetis, Royal William, Undaunted, Fame, Caledonia and Opossum. When in the Fame, his gallant conduct in bringing off a company of the 81st Regiment from under the destructive fire of the French garrison at Denia, earned for him the distinction of being publicly thanked on the quarter-deck of his ship, and likewise in public orders by General Donkin. He was also offered in later years knighthood for subsequent services; but that honour Commander Irwin with characteristic modesty, declined on the ground that he had done no more that his duty.Captain Irwin entered the Coast Guard as Inspecting Commander in 1821; and this post he held during nearly forty years of unintermitting service in Ireland. To that country and its people he became warmly attached, gratefully attesting the unvarying kindness, courtesy and hospitality which he met with everywhere. Himself of noble physique, and absolutely without fear, it was always his rule, even in the discharge of dangerous duties amongst the wild hills at night, to go unarmed; and no Irishman ever insulted him. His long residence in that country and his varied experience of all parts of the Island, and of all classes of its inhabitants, supplied him in his old age with a never-failing stock of most interesting and racy anecdotes, which his very powerful memory and truth loving habit of narration enabled him to recount to the delight of those who had the privilege of his friendship.Captain Irwin married in 1826 Emily, second daughter of Mr John Dillon of Dublin, and had issue ten sons and five daughters. The youngest of the latter is mother of the young lady, Miss Lacy, whose heroic struggle for life after the disastrous wreck of the Quetta in Torres Straits, in February last, will not soon be forgotten. Of the sons only two survive, the eldest being Rector of Harworth on Tees, County Durham. Captain Irwin retiring from the Coast Guard in 1860, spent the remainder of his years in his native county of Cumberland, leading an unostentatious life of simplicity and active benevolence, and regarded with deepest respect and veneration by all his neighbours. Almost to the last his memory was singularly clear, and his physical energy very unusual. His funeral takes place at Wetheral today, the 19th of August, a day made memorable by that of another nonogenarian, whose great career was marked by a very different mode of warfare, and of whom England is as proud as she justly is of her loyal old ?sea-dogs.?April 13th 1897 Carlisle JournalLieutenant Colonel Fox IrwinThe death took place last Friday of Lieutenant Colonel John James Fox Irwin, late of the 12th (Suffolk) Regiment and of Caesarea Place, Jersey. The deceased was the younger and only brother of Colonel Irwin of Lynehow, and was born at Hazareebaugh, India, on August 24th 1848, so that he was in his 49th year. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, entered the army as an ensign in 1867, and after several promotions attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in July 1890, when he retired on pension. From December 31st 1889 to March 14th 1890, he commanded the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment in Egypt, and in 1891 was offered the command of the 4th Suffolk Regiment, which he declined to accept. Between 1890 and 1891, Lieutenant Colonel Irwin was attached to the Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary in the position of honorary superintendent for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the organisation and practical working of the duties of the police, and gained considerable experience at Whitehaven, where he spent most of his time. From 1890 until taken ill last September, Lieutenant Colonel Irwin carried on a very successful business in Jersey as an army coach, and preparing officers for promotion examinations. He was the author of ?Notes on Fortifications? published in 1892. The book ran through several editions and is still recognised as a standard work in connection with the preparation of candidates for military commissions.Lieutenant Colonel Irwin, who leaves a widow, five sons and seven daughters, was buried at Arthuret yesterday.