There were two men named John Bowles, one was very early, register number 1707 which was between 1816 and 1835. The most relevant one had a register number of 52602, dates between 8/8/1883 and 10/4/1888. I should have acknowledged that this information is extracted from Jim Herlihy's massive work on the Royal Irish Constabulary. A complete alphabetical list of officers and men, 1816 to 1922. On 22 March 2010 03:43, Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> wrote: > I meant to ask. When you looked up John Boles did you also look for any > John Bowles? Boles = Bowles generally. > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JJ Woods > Sent: 21 March 2010 16:49 > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Boles in Myshall 1919. > > Apparently there were two men named John Boles in the RIC. > > The registration number of one was 18147 which meant he was recruited > between 19/10/1853 and 23/4/1855. > > The second registration number was 30634, recruitment dates between > 19/10/1863 and 8/11/1865. > > Assuming an age of 20 and taking the latest registration date when > recruited > that would mean the first man was approximately 84 in 1919 and the second > man was approximately 74. It is therefore unlikely either of them was on > active service in 1919. > > Constable Henry Skehin's registration number was 67953, recruitment dates > between 16/12/1912 and 15/2/1917. > > There was a John Bole, registration number 13416 for dates between > 12/9/1848 > and 12/6/1850. > > There was an Auxiliary Force with recruitment between 15/12/1881 and > 21/11/1882 and an Auxiliary Division between 23/7/1920 and 5/12/1921. > > I don't know if this information adds much to the discussion but it might. > > J. J. > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Very much appreciated, J.J. The John Bowles with register number 52602 seems to be the best candidate for John Boles, special constable at Myshall in 1919. There is a RIC Forum so I'm going to take this inquiry over there to bother those good people for a bit. I'll post the results back here later. Thanks Tom -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JJ Woods Sent: 22 March 2010 03:48 To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Boles in Myshall 1919. There were two men named John Bowles, one was very early, register number 1707 which was between 1816 and 1835. The most relevant one had a register number of 52602, dates between 8/8/1883 and 10/4/1888. I should have acknowledged that this information is extracted from Jim Herlihy's massive work on the Royal Irish Constabulary. A complete alphabetical list of officers and men, 1816 to 1922.