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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 "Waite" in "Forms of identification for Indian Army pensioners 1896 - Transcription " Surname  Waite    
First Name(s)  Richard    
Rank  pensioned Corporal    
Late of ( Regt)  HEIC Bengal Foot Arty 4th Coy ; 1st Batn Arty Hors Battery 9 pounder guns    
Address  2 Houses Lower Milk St off Tithebarn St Liverpool    
Where Born  Grove biers Parish of Storetown Co Wexford Ireland    
Birth date  abt Dec    
Birth year  1829    
Trade  None they put down a Servant    
Enlisted where  Town of Wexford Ireland    
Enlist date  4 Apr 1853    
Regiment(s)  (1) 3rd Coy 5th Battn Transfered to my Brother Sergeant John Waite ; (2) 4th Coy 1st Battn Bengal Horse Artillery and Pounder Guns The Battery besieged at the Residency Lucknow 1857    
Served Under  Lieut Alexander on the night of the outbreak ; Major Ney at the Siege ; Sir Henry Lawson ; Col Ingloids ; Gens Havelock ; Outram ; Mansfield Airey ; Sir Colin Campbell ; others    
Discharged at  India Office London    
Discharge date  11 Nov 1858    
Cause of Discharge  Gun shot wounds through the left hand loss of the fore finger the hand and wrist shattered (see notes)    
Medals  Medal and Clasp for the Siege of Lucknow    
Regimental No(s)  7931    
Wounds or Distinguishing Marks  Gun shot wounds through left thigh 4 Jul 1857 14 days under it. Gun shot wound through left hand 6 Jan 1858. Left wrist the hand is useless in my work.    
Record Date  3 Jun 1896    
Pensioners Notes  [form signed by his hand] ; [additional notes by corpl Waite] I beg to state I am entitled to 2 years Service for the Siege also 3d per day for the secd wound    
Officer Notes (red ink entries)  [head of form] Service 5yrs.1mth. Pension = 1s.3d.    
IOR Reference  L/MIL/14/214 f 350    
Image ref  20231010_134306    
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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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