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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  1827    
Surname  Brookes    
Given Name  Samuel    
Rank or situation  Gunner    
Situation  2nd Company 2nd Battn. Artillery    
Occupation before enlistment  Weaver    
Town and County  Oswestry, Shropshire    
When and where first enlisted  Liverpool    
Year of enlistment  24 Jan 1827    
Years of contracted service  Unlimited    
On what ship arrived from Europe or from what service entertained  Parmelia 2 Dec 1827    
Remarks  Sent to Insane Hospital 21 Sep 1838. This man died and is buried at Chunar 21 Oct 1838 on his way to the Insane Hospital at Calcutta    
Date of death  21 Oct 1838    
Place of Death  Chunar    
Amount of Estate in Money and effects. Rupees - Annas - Pice  38 - 10 - 4    
How disposed of  Vide Bengal deposits 10 Jun 1839    
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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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