Corporal John Carroll
The background of this North Irish Horseman is not known at present, other than that he was born around 1892 in St Thomas's, Dublin, and that he was the son of John Carroll, a labourer.
Carroll enlisted in the Hussars of the Line in Dublin on 18 October 1911 (No.7563). He gave his occupation as a tailor. He was posted to the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars on 14 February 1912 and the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars on 18 October that year, when he embarked for India.
In October 1914 he sailed with his regiment for France, arriving at Marseilles on 11 November. He was wounded (in the foot by a rifle grenade) on 2 September 1915 and again on 6 December 1916, returning to the UK (presumably for hospital treatment) on 2 January 1917.
Carroll was posted to a reserve cavalry regiment at the Curragh in Ireland. On 21 May 1917 he married Elizabeth Byrne in St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin. The couple had four children over the next nine years.
On 2 July 1917 Carroll was transferred to the North Irish Horse (No.2583). He returned to France on 23 November 1918, remaining there with the regiment until 18 February 1919.
Carroll transferred back to the 8th Hussars on 21 July 1919 (No.533636), serving in India, Iraq and Egypt over the following years. He was posted to the 15/19 Hussars on 19 November 1929. On 6 April 1934 he was discharged at the termination of his period of engagement (paragraph 374(xxi) King's Regulations 1928). His military character was recorded as 'very good'.