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Soldiers Children
THIS IS A LIST OF CHILDREN EXTRACTED FROM THE SCHOOL ADMISSION REGISTERS, WHERE THE FATHER’s OCCUPATION WAS GIVEN AS (SOLDIER). THE DATE IS THE YEAR THE CHILD ENTERED THE SCHOOL.
NODEHILL SCHOOL NEWPORT (Boys)
1876 SMITH Henry (from Regimental School in India).
1876 EWENS Joseph William.
1880 HOLMANS Daniel.
1881 LYNCH William M. (from Richmond RC School) father dec’d.
1881 ELDRIDGE Charles (father [...]
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Soldiers Snippets
THIS IS JUST A FEW RANDOM ITEMS EXTRACTED FROM THE IW NEWSPAPERS THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS, I WILL ADD MORE IF I FIND ANY.
8 Oct 1864 – PETTY SESSIONS .. George PATTERSON, Reuben GREVES and William PARKER, gunners in the R.A. stationed at Sandown, were brought up in custody charged with having forged an [...]
Soldiers various
This is a list of Soldiers that were on the Isle of Wight at the dates below. These were extracted from various records at the County Record Office. This does not reflect their length of service, or their length of stay on the Island, it only shows the date of the records.
ALLEN Abraham (acting Bombadier R.A.) at Sandown [...]