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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 "Chapman" in "Forms of identification for Indian Army pensioners 1896 - Transcription " Surname  Chapman    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Late of ( Regt)  Lawrence Military Asylem, Sanawar    
Address  3 Robertshaw Street Bingley    
Where Born  Cork Ireland    
Birth date  23 May    
Birth year  1838    
Trade  Nil    
Enlisted where  Joined the Lawrence Military Asylum at Sanawar Bengal in 1847    
Enlist date  (27 Dec] 1847)    
Regiment(s)  Nil    
Served Under  Revd John Cole, Principal of Asylum    
Discharged at  Lawrence Military Asylum    
Discharge date  3 Dec 1869    
Cause of Discharge  Broken down in health and Deafness. Now totally blind    
Medals  No    
Regimental No(s)  Nil    
Wounds or Distinguishing Marks  No    
Record Date  1 Jun 1896    
Pensioners Notes  [form] the X mark of Henry Chapman ; [handwritten letter attached to this form]    
Officer Notes (red ink entries)  [head of form] Bengal Mily Despatches 1869-70. ; Discharged: Pd 8 Feb 1870. ; Enlisted: 27 Dec 1847 ; Discharged: Embarked 1st January 1870    
Letter transcriptions  view image View file    
IOR Reference  L/MIL/14/214 f 80 / 81    
Image ref  20231010_113821 / 113829    
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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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