WILLIAM HENRY BASSETT
SURNAME: | Bassett also recorded as Barrett | FORENAMES: | William Henry | BORN: | c1806 | AT: | Chatham Kent | OCCUPATION[S]: | . | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | . | MOTHER: | . | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 298 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | 567 | 3rd REGIMENT NO: | 1021 [14LD] | ENLISTED: | 18 04 1826 London | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | . | TROOP NO: | 1831: Troop 7 | TROOP CAPTAIN: | 1831: Captain Gerard S. Moore | RANK: | 1830: Private 1834: Private 1839: Private, Scinde 1847: Private [14LD] |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | 02 01 1830 Duchess of Atholl England | DISEMBARKATIONS: | 17 04 1830 Duchess of Atholl Bombay India | CAMPAIGNS: | 1st Afghan War | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | 14th Light Dragoons 30 09 1841 | DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION: | . | MEDICAL REASON: | . | PENSION DISTRICT: | . | NOTES: | . | DISCHARGED BY PURCHASE: | . | FREE DISCHARGE: | . | DISCHARGED ON REDUCTION: | . | DISCHARGED WITH IGNOMINY: | . | DISCHARGED UNFIT: | . | COMPLETED LIMITED SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]: | . | DIED: | . | BURIED: | . | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st WIFE: | Anna or Hannah | MARRIED: | . | NOTES: | Born c1807. Buried 14 07 1830 Kirkee India, aged 23 years. Minister Charles William North, Chaplain | 1st CHILD: | William Joseph Bassett | BORN: | c1829/1830 | BAPTISED: | 25 12 1829 at Maidstone by W. B. Harrison | DIED: | 07 08 1830 Kirkee India aged 9 months, Minister Charles William North, Chaplain | NOTES: | Son of Private William Henry Bassett and Hannah. Parents' names not given in burial record. |
TNA SOURCES: | WO/97/17/25 WO/12/637 WO/12/640-641 WO/12/649 WO/12/651 WO/12/1165 |
BL SOURCES: | IOR/N/3/9 | OTHER SOURCES: | Parish records All Saints Maidstone, Baptisms 1829 Ref 1155 | LINKS: | . |