James Carr born in 1821 at Dublin & joined the 10th Regt of Foot on 15 Jan 1842 (Service number 1607). He served in 1845/46 with the army of the Sutlej & in the campaign of 1848/49 incl the whole of the siege operations against Mooltan, & the repulse of the night attack on 17 Aug 1848, at the start of second Anglo-Sikh war & was then at Mooltan including at the surrender of the fortress on 22 Jan 1849, followed by the Battle of Goojerat on 21 Feb 1849. He served in the East Indies for 14 yrs. Pensioned on 11 Aug 1857 with rheumatism, he retired to Athlone, Ireland & died in Ireland in 1878.
