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Status: Complete

Rank: Not Stated

Folio: 126

Soldier 1: Moore, William; 34; Limerick; Pallaskendry; Labourer; (Arun?bow know?) East Indies; 20 July 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 53rd Regiment

Soldier 2: Riley, James; 29; Yorkshire; (Ganland?); Wool Comber; St Thomas Mount East Indies; 17 May 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 34th Regiment

Soldier 3: Smith, George; 28; Yorkshire; Beverley; Labourer; St Thomas Mount East Indies; 11 May 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 34th Regiment

Soldier 4: Tompkins, Thomas; 24; Shropshire; Ludlow; Tailor; Poonamallee; 5 June 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 34th Regiment

Soldier 5: Woodward, Thomas; 29; Warwickshire; St Martins Birmingham; Gunsmith; (Arun?bow know?) East Indies; 18 July 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 53rd Regiment

Soldier 6: (?odley) William; 34; Middlesex; Hendon; Bicklayer; (Arun?bow know?)East Indies; 25 July 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 53rd Regiment

Soldier 7: Higman, Thomas; 39; Cornwall; Marazion; Carpenter; Nagpore East Indies; 25 November 1822; Unlimited; Received as a Transfer from 24th Regiment

Soldier 8: Adams, James; 32; Surrey; Mitcham; Labourer; Nagpore; 11 November 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 24th Regiment

Soldier 9: (?idery), James; 26; Middlesex; (Islington?); Labourer; Nagpore; 11 November 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 24th Regiment

Soldier 10: (?), James; 29; Stafford; Seabridge; Labourer; Nagpore; 8 October 1822; Unlimited; Volunteer from 24th Regiment

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Notes and Questions

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kevin04

Soldiers 1, 5 and 6: the 53rd Regiment was returning to England after 18 years absence and in July 1822 was encamped near Bombay (modern Mumbai) where more than 750 men transferred out to other units in India before the remainder took ship for home. A regimental history records the location of the encampment as "a village on the Poonamillee road" out of Fort St George (Bombay).