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 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1790-1839 A - K

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Date transcribed2017-03-01
Transcribed byRobert Charnock
CommentIOR/L/MIL/10/122

Year  1823    
Surname  Burgess    
Given Name  Richard    
Rank or situation  Corporal    
Situation  4th Company 1st Battn. Artillery    
Occupation before enlistment  Clerk    
Town and County  Tulla, Carlow    
When and where first enlisted  Dublin    
Year of enlistment  15 Apr 1823    
Years of contracted service  12 years    
On what ship arrived from Europe or from what service entertained  McQueen 31 May 1824    
Remarks  Town Major's List G.O.C.C. 10 Jun 1834. Magazine Serjeant Town Major's List 1833. Invalided to Chunar G.O. 26 Nov 1840 as Serjt.    
Date of Casualty Report or Return  Cas Report Apr 1842    
Date of death  28 Apr 1842    
Place of Death  Chunar    
Amount of Estate in Money and effects. Rupees - Annas - Pice  78 - 3 - 1    
How disposed of  Intestate. To his creditors 13 May 1842    
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The registers give full personal details of enlisted men, including casualties, in a rougly alphabetical arrangement in date order of arrival in Bengal. They were compiled at East India House, mainly from the Muster Rolls
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