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 Forms of identification for Indian Army pensioners 1896 - Transcription
| Description | Originally 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 transcribed | 2023-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Rogers, Betty Rudder | | Comment | Note 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! |
 | Surname | Clarke | | | First Name(s) | Edward | | | Late of ( Regt) | HEIC Bengal Sappers | | | Address | 19 Medland Street Ratcliffe E  | | | Where Born | Parish of St Alphege Greenwich Kent | | | Birth date | 24 Aug | | | Birth year | 1813 [poss 1822] | | | Trade | Tailor | | | Enlisted where | Charles St Westminster 2yrs in Anglo Spanish Legion, Medal and Grats GBP 11-8-1 1/2 ; Beggars Bush Barracks Dublin September 1841 [see notes] | | | Enlist date | [none] / Sep 1841 | | | Regiment(s) | (1) Bengal Artillery, short time ; (2) 3rd Troop 3rd Bde Horse Arty, 4 years Acting Sergt ; (3) Dept of Public Works, 10 years as Barrack Sergt, Asst Overseer, Overseer Supervisor | | | Served Under | Brevet Col G Campbell Comd 3rd Troop, 3rd Bde ; Lieuts A G Goodwyn ; A Taylor. Innes. Executive Engineers Ferozepore | | | Discharged at | Fort William Cold Season | | | Discharge date | 1855-56 (Nov 1885) | | | Cause of Discharge | Deafness | | | Medals | Star for Punniah ; Medal for Ferozshaw | | | Regimental No(s) | Forgotten something between 600 & 650 | | | Wounds or Distinguishing Marks | Assification of the shin bone on left leg caused by a fall of horse on 1st April 1847 | | | Record Date | 3 Jun 1896 | | | Pensioners Notes | [form signed by his hand] | | | Officer Notes (red ink entries) | [head of form] Pension 1s ; Birth date: Age 20 in 1842, Age 40 in 1862 ; Discharged: Nov 1855. Pd 16.7.1862 | | | IOR Reference | L/MIL/14/214 f 83 | | | Image ref | 20231010_113852 |
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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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