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Note: Pensioner from 23 November 1852. It says it is the Royal Hospital register of soldiers who served in Canada.
• Military, 1830-1852
1817 - 1853: Garrison Duty in Canada, Gibraltar, The West Indies, England and Ireland[edit]
After the disbandment of the 2/81st in 1816, the 81st was sent to Ireland in 1817. The Loyal Lincoln Volunteers would garrison the island until being transferred to Canada in 1822. After seven years in Canada, the 81st would be sent to the West Indies, spending two years in Bermuda before being returned to England in 1831.[14]
After rotating through stations in England and Ireland, the regiment was on the move again, being stationed at Gibraltar in 1836, reinforcing the garrison there when tensions started to escalate during the First Carlist War. After nine years on the Rock, the 81st was once again sent back to the West Indies. Three years in the West Indies outposts of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Kitts were followed by years in Canada. The regiment would be returned home to England in 1847.[15] After serving in various stations in England and Ireland, the regiment was sent on foreign service again, this time in 1853 to India.[16]
Job Swansbury died The Prince of Wales Public House, Pithay on 3 December 1858 giving probate to his widow Rachel Swansbury of the Prince of Wales Public House. He was a beer retailer.
Note: Occupation, Soldier, Private 81st Reg Foot... was a Chelsea (out)
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