WILLIAM HARRIS
SURNAME: | Harris | FORENAMES: | William | BORN: | c1768 | AT: | Senegal Africa | OCCUPATION[S]: | Labourer | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | . | MOTHER: | . | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | Black | 1st REGIMENT NO: | . | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | . | ENLISTED: | 5 October 1788 aged 20 | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT DISCHARGE: | 5' 7" | DESCRIPTION: | Black complexion, black hair, brown eyes | TROOP NO: | 1809-1811: Troop 6 | TROOP CAPTAIN: | . | RANK: | Trumpeter 1809-1811: Trumpeter 1814: Trumpeter |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | NOTES: | Record indicates all services undertaken as Private despite references to him being a Trumpeter. | DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | For England: July 1811 | DISEMBARKATIONS: | . | CAMPAIGNS: | Served as Trumpeter during the Peninsula battles of Talavera and Albuera according to Muster Rolls 1809-1811. | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | . | DISCHARGED: | 24 Jul 1814 aged 46 | DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION: | . | ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION: | . | MEDICAL REASON: | Completely worn out as a soldier | PENSION DISTRICT: | . | NOTES: | Pension 1s 1d per day | 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: | . | TNA SOURCES: | WO/12/631 WO/25/887 WO/97/60/93 |
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