| 1853 | Victoria � Earl of Aberdeen |
| 5 Jan | Pte. Michael Edward Carroll moved to Portsmouth with the 19th Regiment of Foot. |
| 8 Mar | Rachel Carroll died of consumption, aged 28, in Pontantwn, Carmarthenshire. |
| 16 May | The HQ and five companies of the 19th Foot Regiment, including Pte. Michael Edward Carroll were moved from Portsmouth to Gosport after a �disagreement� between the 19th and the 38th Regiments. |
| 14 Jul | Pte. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, arrived at the Great Camp in Chobham with the HQ and six companies of the 19th Regiment. |
| Aug | Pte Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, was absent from the month�s muster of the 19th Regiment because he was �convalescent in barracks�. |
| 19 Aug | Pte. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, left Chobham Camp for Walmer, Kent with the 19th Regiment of Foot. |
| 9 Nov | Edward Carroll, son of John, married his second wife, Mary Anne Thomas, dau. of farmer John Thomas and Mary, at Llandefeilog Parish Church, Carmarthenshire. |
| 5 Dec | Pte. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, went on leave from the 19th Regiment from Walmer in Kent. |
| 15 Dec | Pte. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, was promoted to Corporal in the 19th Regiment of Foot. |
| 16 Dec | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, returned from leave to the 19th Regiment in Walmer, Kent. |
| 1854 | Victoria � Earl of Aberdeen |
| 5 Jan | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, went from Walmer to Rochester, Kent in charge of a Private, missing the month�s muster. |
| 7 Jan | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, returned to Walmer from Rochester in Kent. |
| 14 Feb | The 19th Regiment moved to the Tower of London and Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, was sent on detachment to Rochester, Kent. |
| 17 Apr | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, embarked on the �SS Victoria� at Blackwall with the 19th Regiment. |
| 20 Apr | The 19th Foot Regiment with Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, set sail from London for the Crimea. |
| 10 May | The 19th Foot with Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, arrived in Constantinople and disembarked at Scutari where they set up camp by the Turkish Cemetery. |
| 29 May | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, embarked aboard the �SS Medway� in Constantinople with the 19th Regiment and set sail for Varna, Bulgaria. |
| 30 May | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, disembarked at Varna with the 19th Regiment of Foot. |
| Jun | The Light Division with Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, moved to Alleydeyn in Bulgaria. |
| 30 Jun | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, marched to Devna in Bulgaria with the Light Division. |
| 1 Jul | Cpl. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, was promoted to Sergeant in the 19th Regiment of Foot whilst in Bulgaria. |
| 24 Jul | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, moved to Monastir with the 19th Regiment where they trained in throwing up entrenchments and in using gabions and fascines. |
| 27 Aug | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, marched from Monastir to Yursakova in Bulgaria with the 19th Foot Regiment. |
| 28 Aug | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, marched from Yursakova to Karagoli in Bulgaria with the 19th Foot Regiment. |
| 30 Aug | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, arrived at Varna in Bulgaria with the 19th Foot where they embarked on the �Courier�. |
| 3 Sep | The �Courier� with the 19th Regiment and Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, on board joined the allied fleet in Baltchik Bay before sailing for Calamita Bay in the Crimea. |
| 14 Sep | The 19th Foot Regiment with Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, disembarked at the Old Fort on Calamita Bay in the Crimea. |
| 19 Sep | The allied armies with Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, started marching towards Sebastopol. |
| 20 Sep | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, took part in the Battle of the Alma in the Crimea. |
| 23 Sep | The allied armies with Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, resumed their march from the River Alma towards Balaklava. |
| 26 Sep | The 19th Foot Regiment with Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, helped take the port of Balaklava from the Russians so that it could to be used in landing supplies for the British troops. |
| 29 Sep | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, left Balaklava with the Light Division to take up their position above Sebastopol. |
| Oct | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, sent the sum of �5 to a Mrs. Williams from the Crimea. |
| 5 Oct | John Carroll was born in Pontantwn in the parish of Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire to Mary Anne and Edward Carroll, son of John. |
| 5 Nov | Sgt. Michael Edward Carroll, son of John, took part in the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimea. |
