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Soldiers' & Widows' Pension Details - 1896 |
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Soldiers Pension Details - 1896
Date transcribed | 2009-00-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Rogers | Comment | The following data were taken in 1896 as a 'snapshot' of Pensioners who were formerly in service in India with the East India Company's Armies and/of the Indian Army. These data are transcribed from IOR/L/MIL/14/214
Note that many of the entries were made by persons with lack of knowledge of placenames or other details unfamiliar to better education. Accordingly, some of the spelling is not 'standard'! |
| IOR Reference | L/MIL/14/214 f.83 | | Surname | Clarke | | First Name(s) | Edward | | Record Date | 03-Jun | | Record Year | 1896 | | Address | 19,Medland Street,Ratcliffe,E. | | Born | Parish of St.Alphege,Greenwich,Kent. 24th.August 1813?(see notes). | | Trade | Tailor. | | Enlisted | (1).Charles St.Westminster(See Notes). (2) Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin, September 1841. | | Regiment(s) | (1). Bengal Artillery- Short time,(2).3rd.Troop,3rd.Brigade,Horse Artillery- 4 years - Acting Sergt. (3). Department of Public Works - 10 years as Barrack Sergeant, Assistant Overseer, - Overseer, Supervisor. | | Served Under | Brevet Col. G.Campbell,Comd. 3rd.Troop,3rd.Brigade..Lieuts.A.G.Good$$$$, A.Taylor, Innes, Executive Engineers, Ferozepore. | | Discharged | Fort William, Cold Season of 1855-6( November 1855) (Pd.16th.July 1862). Service.- Pension = 1s. | | Cause of Discharge | Deafness. | | Medals | Star for Punniah. Medal for Ferozshaw. | | Regimental Number | Forgotten- something between 600 & 650. | | Wounds or Distinguishing Marks | Ossification of the shin bone on left leg caused by a fall of horse on 1st.April 1847 | | Notes | (1) Margin note shows an age of 40 years in 1862. (2) Shown as enlisted at Westminster but he notes that he was 2 years in the Anglo Spanish Legion - Medal & Gratuity £11-8-1 1/2. |
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In 1896 the Military Pension authorities determined to take a 'snapshot' of ex-soldiers of the EIC & Indian Armies who were receiving a pension in Europe. This snapshot provides very interesting details of the careers of each soldier and each widow receiving a pension.
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