Captain James Aylett of the 20th Regiment, Lancaster Fusiliers was a decorated veteran of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiney. He was the son of a British soldier, born in India and sent to England for his education. Upon completion his father bought him a commission in the British Army. He was stationed in India, England, Ireland, Bermuda, Crimea, Nova Scotia and central Canada. He saw action in the Crimean battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol, winning four clasps to his campaign medal and a Turkish decoration. In India he saw action at the Battles of Chanda, Ameerpore, Sultanpore and Lucknow. Throughout it all he was never wounded. Upon retirement he returned to Canada and to New Brunswick where he purchased 1,000 acres with a salmon fishing right on the Restigouche River four miles from Matapedia. He also received a land grant at nearby Tidehead where he took up farming. The Canadian 1881 Census shows Captain Aylett and his family living in Campbellton, New Brunswick. He died in 1882 at the age of 66.
Captain James Aylett of the 20th Regiment, Lancaster Fusiliers was a decorated veteran of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiney. He was the son of a British soldier, born in India and sent to England for his education. Upon completion his father bought him a commission in the British Army. He was stationed in India, England, Ireland, Bermuda, Crimea, Nova Scotia and central Canada. He saw action in the Crimean battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol, winning four clasps to his campaign medal and a Turkish decoration. In India he saw action at the Battles of Chanda, Ameerpore, Sultanpore and Lucknow. Throughout it all he was never wounded. Upon retirement he returned to Canada and to New Brunswick where he purchased 1,000 acres with a salmon fishing right on the Restigouche River four miles from Matapedia. He also received a land grant at nearby Tidehead where he took up farming. The Canadian 1881 Census shows Captain Aylett and his family living in Campbellton, New Brunswick. He died in 1882 at the age of 66.
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