Ship Arrived on :on board one of three
ships. The" Barque..Matilda
", The HM. ship "
Lloyd's " or "Dick"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : 1801 , 2nd/48th
Where Enlisted : Manchester , England
Date of Discharge : September 1834
Where Discharged : India
Died : 13 June 1847
Where Died /
Buried :
West Maitland
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :Catherine
(Katherine ) Murphy(b.........d.)
Born :
circa
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Spouse's Parents
Descendants
At this
point it is known that he had one child
"William" . William had a daughter who
in turn married the Grandfather of Garry O'Byrne.gobyrne@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Garry has
supplied some of the information for this page.
At this point it
is known that he had one child "William" .
History
& Achievements :
Private William
Critchley arrived in Australia as part of the North Hamptonshire Regiment (48th
Regiment of Foot) contingent, in 1817 on board one of
three ships. The" Barque..Matilda
", The HM. ship "
Lloyd's " or "Dick" . All three arrived
carrying the 48th Regiment in 1817. Private William
enlisted in Manchester
England on the 14th of September
1803 at the age of 18 and eventually discharged in India
on the 9th of July 1825 after service in the North Hamptonshire Regiment (48th
Regiment of Foot) for a period of
22 years.
Following discharge, Private Critchley
returned from India as part of the Royal Veteran Company,
finally
discharging from all military service on the 24th
of June 1828 . In August 1829 Private Critchley was
granted 40 acres of land . This he exchanged with a
George Yoemans of West Maitland in December of 1836, for
a house and land in West Maitland.
.
Private William
Critchley died at the age of 62
in West Maitland N.S.W.
13/6/1847
For his military service he was
not awarded the General Service Medal . This is because
the Medal was not minted for issue until 1848 . It is
fair to say that he would have most certainly received
the medal had he have lived past 1847.
Private William
Critchley fought
in the Peninsular War under the Duke Of Wellington in the
Indian Wars and
served with the Royal Veterans.
The Royal Veterans role was mainly overseeing of convict
labour and as a policing regiment. Many older soldiers
served in this regiment.
References:
Records of the 48th . Mitchell Library
,Sydney,New South Wales.
The Colonial Garrison 1817-1824 ( Clem Sargent )
published 1996
Wellington's Military Machine (
Philip J. Haythornthaite) published 1995