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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 | Shaw | | | First Name(s) | Alexander Putnam | | | Late of ( Regt) | Madras Sappers Miners and Commisariat Dept | | | Address | Alexander Cottage Southwood St Lawrence Ramsgate  | | | Where Born | Newington Surrey | | | Birth date | 3 Oct | | | Birth year | 1823 | | | Trade | Lithographic Printer | | | Enlisted where | Westminster London | | | Enlist date | 7 Feb 1844 | | | Regiment(s) | (1) Artillery at Warley ; (2) Sappers Miners at Chatham ; (3) Madras Sappers Miners and Commissariat Dept | | | Served Under | Col Hay, Warley ; Sir F Smith, Chatham ; Capt Rundell, Comst, S Miners, Madras | | | Discharged at | Madras | | | Discharge date | 1863 | | | Cause of Discharge | Eligible for Pension | | | Medals | None - Against Insurgeant Moplas near Calicut, Malabar in 1855 with Major G T Haly and Battn 74th Highlanders | | | Regimental No(s) | 103 at Warley 100 I think, at Madras | | | Wounds or Distinguishing Marks | Scar over right eyebrow | | | Record Date | 1 Jun 1896 | | | Pensioners Notes | [form signed by his hand] | | | Officer Notes (red ink entries) | [head of form] Service 21yrs 1mth Pension = 2s 6d ; Discharged: Pd 14th September 1863 | | | IOR Reference | L/MIL/14/214 f 319 | | | Image ref | 20231010_133424 |
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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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