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 Soldiers Pension Details - 1896

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Date transcribed2009-00-00
Transcribed byPeter Rogers
CommentThe 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.183-187    
Surname  Hickie    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Record Date  01-Jun    
Record Year  1896    
Address  Adare,Co.Limerick.    
Born  Adare, 8th.May 1820.    
Trade  Blacksmith.    
Enlisted  Limerick,23rd.May 1839.    
Regiment(s)  2nd.European Regiment, which afterwards became 2nd.Bengal Fusiliers.    
Served Under  Col.Frishard, Lieut.Atkinson(Adjt.).    
Discharged  Prome, Burmah,1854.(Pd.11th.July 55).15yrs.4mths. Pension = 1s.6d.    
Cause of Discharge  Weakness of sight.(See Letter in notes.).    
Medals  1 for Chillianwallah,1 for Pegu (Burmah).    
Regimental Number  466    
Wounds or Distinguishing Marks  No.    
Notes  Letters attached to form =From - District Inspector's Office,Royal Irish Constabulary,Adare,Co.Limerick.(1). 2nd.June 1896.Sir, With reference to the Form of Identification which I filled in yesterday for Pensioner Thomas Hickey,(late 2nd.Bengal Fusiliers). I stated that he discharged owing to weakness of sight. This should have been ""blindness of one eye (the right.), signed T.E.Galtgamble D.I. (2) 1st.August 1896. (NI 5072 1896) Sir, Thomas Hickey,Army Pensioner, desires me to inform you that it was in the East India Company he enlisted on 23rd.May 1839 and not in the 2nd.European Regiment as he erroneously stated in the last quarters papers.He was discharged on the 4th.July 1855 in Leadenhall St. Signed,T.E.Galtgamble,D.I. R.I.C.    
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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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