James Carroll

Rank:	Sergeant
Street:
Townland:	Clancoole
Town/Village:	Bandon, Co. Cork
Civil Parish:	Taghshinny
Catholic Parish:	Carrickedmond
Country:
Alternative Address:	Tennelick, Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford;
Census 1901:
Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	{RAOC}; Labour Corps; (Leinster Rgt 1st Batt.); [Rifle Brigade; then Leinster Rgt, 3rd (Special Res) Batt.];
Regiment Number:	{S/9632}; 622756; (2807); ( [1778 & 983]
Date of Death:
Cause:	Survived WW1
Memorial:	Unknown
Information:	James was born in Tennelick, Abbeyshrule in c.1876*, likely the son of Patrick and Mary Carroll. James married Mary (Minnie) Grady in Cork in 1915, when he was stationed at the Victoria Barracks in the city. James enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in Longford in 1895 and served in the Special Reserve Battalion of the Leinster Regiment from 1902. He was re-engaged in 1913 and was in France on active service from 19 January 1915. He was transferred to the Salonika Front on 14 December 1915 and went from there to Palestine and Egypt. He contracted malaria in 1917 while on the Salonika Front. James was transferred to the Labour Corps after the war. He was discharged on 5 April 1919 but re-enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and was part of the North Russia Relief Force from 3 July to 23 September 1919. By 1919 James and Minnie were living in Clancool, Bandon where he enlisted for the Royal Army Ordance Corps in May 1919. Their daughters Mary (1920) and Hanorah (1922) were born there also. James's brother, Michael also served in WW1 but was killed in action in December 1914.
Parents Names:	Likely son of Patrick Carroll and Mary (née Donlon), Tennelick
Notes:	*Year of birth given on attestment c.1879. Likely date of birth was on or around 8 May 1876 at Tennelick
Links:	Likey Civil Record of Birth; Civil Record of Marriage; link to surviving RAOC attestment sheet on Fold3.com (a subscription site)