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Armed Forces / Re: 13th Light Cavalry
« on: Sunday 16 October 11 06:39 BST (UK) »
I have not read it,John but thank you .I will look for it in my local library
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Armed Forces / Re: 13th Light Cavalry
« on: Saturday 15 October 11 12:21 BST (UK) »
From the 6th to the 10th of April 1858 a fierce storm devastated the East coast of Ireland. among quite a number of ships wrecked in Irish waters with loss of life was the Mary Stoddart registered in Scarborough.
The incident is not recorded in much detail in Scaborough but in Dundalk ,exactly halfway between Dublin and Belfast where the incident took place, it is remembered because one of the local papers covered the story with great detail and there are two monuments in town to the tragedy and acts of heroism that ensued .
On Friday the 9th four local seamen died while rowing out to rescue the stricken crew men who were tied to the rigging .Because of this and because of the amount of local feeling about the ongoing situation a meeting was held in Dundalk Court House on Saturday the 10th of April to raise funds for the families of the local seamen and for the erection of a monument to the incident (!)
The men of the 13th Light Dragoons who were stationed in Dundalk not too far from the local quays subscribed a days pay amounting to about 40 pound to the fund for the families.
I have just completed a radio documentary on the Wreck of the Mary Stoddart for local radio station Dundalk fM 100 and after I had completed the documentary I suddenly realised that I knew nothing about the 13th. That is how I happen to have come across this site and those questions.
One other local story on the 13th in Dundalk . On the 2nd of October 1858 Joseph Burke , a young soldier from Liverpool who had only joined the army about five months at the time was killed by his horse falling on him while he was mounting it .
The 13th may have only been stationed in Dundalk from March 1858. If you want any more details of various posting over the years the Irish and I am sure the English newspapers of the period regularly published details of the various posting of the British army
The incident is not recorded in much detail in Scaborough but in Dundalk ,exactly halfway between Dublin and Belfast where the incident took place, it is remembered because one of the local papers covered the story with great detail and there are two monuments in town to the tragedy and acts of heroism that ensued .
On Friday the 9th four local seamen died while rowing out to rescue the stricken crew men who were tied to the rigging .Because of this and because of the amount of local feeling about the ongoing situation a meeting was held in Dundalk Court House on Saturday the 10th of April to raise funds for the families of the local seamen and for the erection of a monument to the incident (!)
The men of the 13th Light Dragoons who were stationed in Dundalk not too far from the local quays subscribed a days pay amounting to about 40 pound to the fund for the families.
I have just completed a radio documentary on the Wreck of the Mary Stoddart for local radio station Dundalk fM 100 and after I had completed the documentary I suddenly realised that I knew nothing about the 13th. That is how I happen to have come across this site and those questions.
One other local story on the 13th in Dundalk . On the 2nd of October 1858 Joseph Burke , a young soldier from Liverpool who had only joined the army about five months at the time was killed by his horse falling on him while he was mounting it .
The 13th may have only been stationed in Dundalk from March 1858. If you want any more details of various posting over the years the Irish and I am sure the English newspapers of the period regularly published details of the various posting of the British army
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