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
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES:.
LINKS:.


4th Light Dragoons Index

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