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Soldiers' & Widows' Pension Details - 1896 |
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Soldiers Pension Details - 1896
Date transcribed | 2009-00-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Rogers | Comment | 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
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'! |
| IOR Reference | L/MIL/14/214 f.31 | | Surname | Bonnet | | First Name(s) | John | | Record Date | 01-Jun | | Record Year | 1896 | | Address | 78,Fox St., New Brompton,Kent.  | | Born | Leverington nr Wisbech,Cambridgeshire. 27th.May 1837. | | Trade | Carpenter. | | Enlisted | Solihull,nr Birmingham,21st.March 1854. | | Regiment(s) | Bengal Sappers & Miners. | | Served Under | General Sir Alexander Taylor K.C.B. RE.,Major General R.C.B.Pemberton RE.,Colonel E.T.Thackeray RE. | | Discharged | Calcutta, 30th.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, Clasps for Delhi & Clasp for Lucknow. | | Regimental Number | 378 | | Wounds or Distinguishing Marks | Slight sabre cut on top of head. Piece of bone subsquently extracted. |
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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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