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 Forms of identification for Indian Army pensioners 1896 - Transcription

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DescriptionOriginally transcribed by Peter Rogers in 2009. The dataset was updated by Betty Rudder in 2023. Letters attached to the forms have been transcribed separately and are downloadable, errors in the original dataset corrected and additional information added.

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.
Date transcribed2023-00-00
Transcribed byPeter Rogers, Betty Rudder
CommentNote 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!

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Bonnet" in "Forms of identification for Indian Army pensioners 1896 - Transcription " Surname  Bonnet    
First Name(s)  John    
Late of ( Regt)  Bengal Sappers and Miners    
Address  78 Fox St New Brompton Kent    
Where Born  Leverington nr Wisbech Cambridgeshire    
Birth date  27 May    
Birth year  1837    
Trade  Carpenter    
Enlisted where  Solihull nr Birmingham    
Enlist date  21 Mar 1854    
Regiment(s)  Bengal Sappers and Miners    
Served Under  General Sir Alexander Taylor KCB RE ; Major General RCB Pemberton RE ; Colonel E T Thackeray RE    
Discharged at  Calcutta    
Discharge date  30 May 1862    
Cause of Discharge  Contracted period of service having expired, after receiving 2 years for volunteering for general service    
Medals  India Mutiny Medal for 1857-8, Clasp for seige of Delhi, Clasp for seige of Lucknow    
Regimental No(s)  378    
Wounds or Distinguishing Marks  Slight sabre cut on top of head Piece of bone subsquently extracted    
Record Date  1 Jun 1896    
Pensioners Notes  [form signed by his hand]    
Officer Notes (red ink entries)  [head of form] SCP 1895    
IOR Reference  L/MIL/14/214 f 31    
Image ref  20231010_112417    
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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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