Thomas Mckiernan, Experiences of a British Veteran Soldier (Port Talbot, Wales: Major Jones &amp; Co., 1892), PP. 18–19.
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Thomas McKiernan was born in Granard, Longford in 1838. He joined the army in 1853, and became a colour sergeant in the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot. He served in Malta, the Crimea, Ceylon, New Zealand and Australia. McKiernan married twice and fathered ten children.