ROBERT HOSSACK
SURNAME: | Hossack | FORENAMES: | Robert | BORN: | c1805 | AT: | Wimbledon Surrey | BAPTISED: | 15 September 1803 | AT: | Wimbledon Surrey | OCCUPATION[S]: | Cooper | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | Hugh Hossack | MOTHER: | Sarah | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 356 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | 349 | ENLISTED: | 16 08 1826 London | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | . | TROOP NO: | Jun 1827: Depot Troop Nov 1827: Troop 8 16/17 01 1828: Troop 8 to Troop 7 1831: Troop 1 |
TROOP CAPTAIN: | 1831: Captain William Havelock | RANK: | 1827: Corporal, Private 1828: Private, Corporal 1830: Corporal, Sergeant 1831: Sergeant 1834: Sergeant, Corporal, Private 1839: Private 1840: Private, Corporal 1841: Corporal 1842: Corporal 1844: Private, Corporal 1846: Corporal, Private |
PROMOTIONS: | Private to Corporal 16/17 01 1828 Corporal to Sergeant 05 01 1830 Private to Corporal 12/13 12 1840 Private to Corporal 29 10 1844 vice McNesby |
REDUCTIONS: | Sergeant to Corporal 05/06 07 1834 Corporal to Private 12/13 07 1834 Corporal to Private 16 01 1846 vice Eli Carter |
DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | 25 06 1827 England 10 11 1841 Mary Bombay India |
DISEMBARKATIONS: | 26 10 1827 Bombay India 12 03 1842 Mary Gravesend England |
CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | . | NOTES: | [April] 1842: Invalided to Chatham Depot [May] 1842: Sent back from Chatham Depot |
DISCHARGED TO OUT PENSION: | 15 01 1846 Invalid Depot | ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION: | 13 01 1846 | ADMITTED TO IN PENSION: | 01 09 1853 Chelsea Hospital | MEDICAL REASON: | `I certify that Corporal Robt Hossack has had frequent attacks of Rheumatism from the effects of Indian Climate and has also been frequently in Hospital in this Country for the same Complaint, he received a severe injury of right side by a fall down stairs in 1843 injuring his liver and right Kidney, he has now become very infirm and totally unfit for active military duty. E.S. Graham, M.D. Surgeon 4th Lt Dragoons Opinion of the Principal Medical Officer, at Chatham 10th December 1845: After examination after 103 days treatment in this General Hospital, I am of opinion that Corporal Robert Hossack is unfit for Service, and is likely to be permanently disqualified for military duty, and I approve of the opinion of the Surgeon. (W.M. Ford) Staff Surgeon, Acting PMO |
PENSION DISTRICT: | 1846: Chelsea (in pension?) 1865: Chelsea in pension. |
NOTES: | . | POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]: | . | DIED: | 2Q 1864, Chelsea Deceased but no date given in pension documents |
BURIED: | . | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | TNA SOURCES: | WO/97/68/37 WO/12/637-638 WO/12/640-641 WO/12/644 WO/12/649-652 WO/12/654 WO/23/52 WO/23/62 |
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