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1815 18th April;
Transferred; 25th June 1817; To Royal West Indian Rangers
22nd August?;
Transferred; 25th June 1817; To Royal West India Rangers
1815 20th February; Transferred; 25th April 1816; To 6th W. I. Reg as [unclear] and Pay Masters Clerk
1815 12th January;
1815 22nd June, [unclear];
1815 unclear;
1815 27th June;
Transferred; 25th January 1817; To 2nd or Queens Royal Regiment
5th June 1816; From Basseterre Guadeloupe
1815 3rd July;
1815 25th March;
Guadeloupe, 31st January 1816, as Edward;
[crossed out date], 1814 25 June;
Gloucester, 9th October 1815; Died; 30th June 1817; On board [unclear] Achilles at sea archipelago? from West Indies
Notes and Questions
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How are there so many 'not stated' phrases on the transcript?
It was quite usual for 19th century reports to be incomplete, as information was not always sent back home in its entirety.
This means that despatches from 'the Front', as was the case in World War One and World War Two, were often incomplete. Either an Officer, during the battle, would be unable to ascertain full information as to what had happened to men under his command, or, the Officer giving the despatch, would be unwilling to give an entirely truthful report.