Pensioner Guards

Historical connections to pensioner guards include: • Tunney, Western Australia, named after James Tunney, son of Sergeant John Tunney who was an enrolled pensioner guard and had settled in the area. • Patrick Stone, a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, was enrolled pensioner guard. • Owen Hackett was an enrolled pensioner guard, and his pensioner cottage is now heritage listed. • Francis Kirk was an enrolled pensioner guard, and his pensioner cottage is now heritage listed. • James Forbes was an enrolled pensioner guard, who owned property in what is now Toodyay. • Henry Burton was an enrolled pensioner guard, who lived in the now heritage listed Eliza's Cottage. • Bentley, Western Australia, is named after John Bentley, who – in the 1860s – supervised the building of the future Albany Highway, from a camp at Bentley Hill (now in the adjoining suburb of St James). • The West Australian writer Joseph Healey was the son of a pensioner guard • Fremantle shipwright Thomas William Hamilton was the son of a pension guard ==Membership==

The strength of the force was estimated at seventy souls. Membership included the following guardsmen when Disbanded March 31, 1887. In 1857, while the 12th Regiment were still present as Garrison, at least 130 pensioner guards paid to support a Crimean war nursing fund. • Sergeant-Major Timothy McCarthy, 18th Foot • Sergeant John Litton, 38th Foot • Sergeant Matthew Goodbody, 29th Foot • Sergeant William H. Mansbridge, 14th Foot • Lance-sergt Thomas Finnigan, A.H.C. • Corporal Edwin Attwood, 66th Foot • Corporal Henry D. Naylor, 13th Dragoon Guards • Corporal John Calvert, 83rd Foot • Lance-Corporal Michael Daley, 10th Foot • Lance-Corporal John Seery, 43rd Foot • Lance-Corporal Thomas Bishop, R.C. Rifles • Private Donald McKenzie, R. Brigade • Private George Dunn. 13th Foot • Private Edward Green, 18th Foot • Private Richard Barrett, ELC • Private Patrick Farrell 88th Foot • Private John Doyle, 55th Foot • Private John Cadden, 27th Foot • Private John Connolly, 29th Foot • Private George Rutley, R.A.B. 14 • Private Patrick Meer, 89th Foot • Private Stephen Ryan, 2nd Foot • Private Joseph Jarvis, 5th. Foot • Private Thomas Stewart, 87th Foot • Private Bernard McGrath, 106th Foot • Private Matthew Ritchie, 41st Foot • Private James Thacker. 1st Foot • Private Michael Kenney, 24th Foot • Private James Teapler, 37th Foot • Private Alexander Meeklum, 77th Foot, • Private Michael Walsh, 10th Foot • Private Patrick Herrick, 81st Foot • Private Timothy Kennedy, 54th Foot • Private Edward Delaney, 97th Foot • Private Alexander Sweeney, B. Artillery • Private William Ryan, 61st Foot • Private Henry Cook, 35th Foot • Private William KEAN, 88th Foot • Private Daniel Carty, 21st Foot • Private Michael Brown, 22nd Foot • Private James Callaghan, 30th Foot • Private John Murphy, 95th Foot • Private Patrick Sullivan, 95th Foot • Private Joseph Mellows, 64th Foot • Private Hugh O'Hanlon, 57th Foot • Private Michael Fennell 59th Foot • Private Lawrence Byrne, 12th Foot • Private Thomas Watson, 61st Foot • Private Nicholas Walsh, 10th: Foot ==Other members==

• Sergeant Robert Morgan, Royal Artillery • Private William Butchart, 78th foot • Private John Gallgher, 92nd foot • Sergeant Major T McCarthy, 18th foot • James Cunningham • Thomas Minorgan • William Latimer • Sergeant Donohue,R • Sergeant Quinn,P • Sergeant Litton,J • Capt M.S.Smith, 44th foot and police commissioner • Captain Finnerty • Private Gorman • THomas Joseph Walsh, 50th and 95th foot • Sergeant Haydon • Corporal Ashworth • Commandant Colonel Harvest (recalled to England 1878) • Captain Bourke ('staff officer' or active professional of which force? - recalled to England 1878) • Major Johnson (Surgeon - recalled to England 1878) ==See also==