JULIUS TILLETT 52nd (The Oxfordshire) Regiment Of Foot 1851

[ValCharlie]

I am looking for help with the above soldier (and his regiment) please.

Julius was born in Suffolk in 1830. In 1851 he married Alice Taylor in Preston, Lancashire giving his address as Cahir Barracks. These appear to be in Kilcommon, Tipperary. Elsewhere I have found that the 52nd was based in Limerick.
Q1: Why was he in Preston?

Alice gave birth to a baby son in September 1853, which puts Julius in Preston late 1852, early 1853 so it looks as if he was there for a while. The baby died in October 1853. In December 1857 Alice remarries as a widow. This gives a window for Julius's death from Dec 1852-Dec 1857 but.....nada.

Q2: What happened to Julius? Does he appear in any military records beyond 1851? Or any records at all?

Thanks     

[gc1]

Possible baby's death on Family Search site, (if the baby was named after dad)

Name   Julius Tillett
Sex   Male
Death Place   Salter St
Event Type   Burial
Event Date   12 October 1853
Event Place   Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ34-XWY?lang=en

[gc1]

Follow up from above, looks like the baby was named after dad

Name   Julius Tillett
Sex   Male
Father's Name   Julius Tillett
Father's Sex   Male
Mother's Name   Alice
Mother's Sex   Female
Event Type   Christening
Event Date   25 Sep 1853
Event Place   Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9MJ-8LZ?lang=en

[gc1]

Marriage detail his name is Tullett

Name   Julius Tullett
Sex   Male
Age   21
Birth Year (Estimated)   1830
Marital Status   Single
Father's Name   Julius Tullett
Spouse's Name   Alice Taylor
Spouse's Sex   Female
Spouse's Age   20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated)   1831
Spouse's Marital Status   Single
Spouse's Father's Name   Peter Taylor
Event Type   Marriages
Event Date   from 1851 to 1852
Event Place   Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKH-N2RS?lang=en

[Kiltaglassan]

Caher Barracks roughly south of the town of Caher.
Choose MapGenie 25 Inch - ITM in Basemap Gallery.
https://arcg.is/1b04ae

Townland that it was located in - Kilcommon More (North).
https://www.townlands.ie/tipperary/iffa-and-offa-west/caher/kilcommon/kilcommon-more-north/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5570412#map=13/52.36407/-7.92664

[ShaunJ]

The 52nd Regiment went to India (from Ireland) in 1853 and remained there until 1865. They had been stationed at Fulwood barracks in Preston for a couple of years up to 1850, which probably explains how Julius met Alice.

[ValCharlie]

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Thanks for the info re the 52nd in Preston. I did my initial officer candidate interview in those barracks before the joys of Westbury! How ironic. Full circle! I had found Ireland and India but nothing on Preson. Is there a link to a reference source please?

Yes, the baby, named after his father, died. Diarrhea for 6 days!

Obviously I can't tell whether the father was still alive when this happened. Maybe Julius (father) went off to India, leaving Alice alone? If the older Julius didn't die, then this would make her second marriage bigamous. So now, I need help on finding Julius!

Thanks again

[ShaunJ]

Re the 52nd leaving Preston in 1850: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/f2dbb70d-e9c2-41fa-ba2b-3700454853dd

[ValCharlie]

Wow. Thanks. They must have met when they were very young and he appears to have come back to Preston, from Ireland, to marry her. I wonder what happened next?