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 Soldiers of the 12 Independant Companies

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentThe soldiers in this list are those who were sent to India in 1747 to attack Pondichery and recover Fort St. George from the French during the war of Austrian Succession. Of the 1381 who left these shores, their disposition at the end of the campaign was approximately:

50 Died of sickness en route, or in India
29 Died in battle
45 Deserted (to the French)
1 Discharged at the Cape of Good Hope
397 Returned to England
398 Joined the East India Company Army in India
366 Probably joined the EIC Army in India (but no record)
11 Joined the EIC Army in St. Helena
101 No record found at all
1381 Total

Note: Where data are included in brackets, they must be considered probable by deduction, rather than taken from any record.

Data taken mostly from Warships' Logs (ADM 36/ ) and EIC Commanders' Journals (L/MAR/C)

Rank  Soldier    
First Name(s)  Benjn.    
Surname  Marsh    
Company  A. Campbell's    
Record - Company  ADM 36/4757 & ADM 36/4753    
Ship to India  (Rhoda)    
Event 1  Embarked aboard HMS York at Camp before Pondicherry    
Date  3 Oct 1748    
Record  ADM 36/4753    
Event 2  Discharged to Hospital at Cuddalore    
Date  4 Oct 1748    
Record  ADM 36/4753    
Event 3  Embarked aboard HMS York at Ft. St. David    
Date  16 Aug 1749    
Record  ADM 36/4757    
Event 4  Discharged from HMS York at Fort St. David to the EIC Service    
Date  18 Aug 1749    
Record  ADM 36/4757    
Location at the End of Expedition  Madras - as from 18 Aug 1749    
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A list of soldiers of the 12 Independant Companies who travelled to India in 1747 with Admiral Boscawen's Fleet
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