JESSE / THOMAS BACKSHALL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Backshall
FORENAMES:Jesse / Thomas
BORN:.
AT:Ardingley Grinstead Sussex
OCCUPATION[S]:Labourer
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:.
FATHER:.
MOTHER:.
SIBLINGS:.
OTHER RELATIONS:.
NOTES:.
1st REGIMENT NO:4
2nd REGIMENT NO:.
ENLISTED:11 12 1854
ATTESTED:.
HEIGHT AT DISCHARGE:5' 8 and 3/4"
TROOP NO:.
TROOP CAPTAIN:.
RANK: 1854: Private
1855: Private
1861: Corporal
PROMOTIONS:.
REDUCTIONS:.
DESERTIONS:.
COURT MARTIALS:.
GIVEN UP TO:.
GOOD CONDUCT BADGES:1
MEDALS:.
EMBARKATIONS:.
DISEMBARKATIONS:.
CAMPAIGNS:.
OTHER DUTIES:Also served with 51 Foot: Corporal, 1 year 1 month, Private 1 year 2 months
TRANSFERRED FROM:51st Foot 01 03 1857
TRANSFERRED TO:.
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION:28 10 1861 Invalided Dublin
ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:05 11 1861
MEDICAL REASON: Rupture left side from predisposition
PENSION DISTRICT:1861: Brighton
DESCRIPTION:Sandy hair, blue eyes and fair complexion
PRÉCIS OF SERVICE ON DISCHARGE: Examined [by Pension Board] 28 10 1861
Under age less 1 year
Corporal 11 months
Private 3 years 8 months
Total service 5 years 10 months 7 days
Pension claim 12 months
CHARACTER: Good
NOTES: Intention to live Brighton Sussex
POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE:.
POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:.
DIED:.
BURIED:.
WILL:.
BENEFICIARY:.
NEXT OF KIN:.
PRIZE MONEY:.
NOTES:.
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/61
WO/12/666
WO/23/52
WO/118/33
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:.
LINKS:.


4th Light Dragoons Index

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