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| Name | GEORGE – William Ralph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | 168 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | Carpenter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7.5/8 in Dark / Grey / Brown / Wound to Left Hand |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC – India |
| Length of Service | 6 years 1 month |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 28th June 1848 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known, possibly the Sutlej Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1848 2nd North London 1855 Salisbury 1865 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | London 11 January 1864 |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 13th April 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 20 May 1819 St Pancras London |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 1827 St Andrews Holborn, London |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | GEORGE William |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Susannah Sarah |
| Siblings | Not yet known – see further information |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SAUNDERS Ann Eliza c1819 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2 Aug 1848 St Clement Danes, London, Westminster, England |
| Children by 1st Wife | William Andrew B 1849 St Pancras London M CHIPPER Jane Frances 1878 Perth Western Australia D 7th February 1912 Fremantle Western Australia bur Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia John B 1851 St Pancras London Eliza Ann B 1856 St Pancras London M MEYER William 1878 Perth Western Australia D 1937 Perth Western Australia Matilda Susannah B 1859 St Pancras London M SMITH Tom Strickland 1902 Perth Western Australia D 2nd September 1933 Perth Western Australia bur Congregational Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia3 other children Frederick R B 1859 St Pancras London M JEFFREY Eliza 1882 Perth, Western Australia D 1928 Perth, Western Australia Caroline b 1861 Portland, England M HOWSON John Urn 1883 Fremantle D 1900 Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | SAUNDERS John |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 10th July 1883 North Fremantle Lot P5 “Seven Years Service in the EPF” 2 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1881 Has been in EPF since 1873 – Broomhall |
| Newspaper Articles | The Inquirer and Commercial News Fri 15 Sep 1899 – Page 8 – Death of William Ralph George |
| Departure from Western Australia | None known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th September 1899 North Fremantle Western Australia Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th April 1909 North Fremantle Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1851 UK Census working at St Pancras London as a Police Constable. Wife Eliza aged 32 children William A aged 2 and son John R aged 6 months all born St Pancras 1861 UK Census at Portland, working as a Prison Officer. Wife Eliza aged 42, children William A aged 12, Eliza Ann aged 5 all born St Pancras London and children Frederick and Matilda aged 2 born in Dorset According to Warders & Gaoler page 79 William was appointed as an Assistant warder in the UK and arrived on the Clara 1864 not as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard, he joined the force later, 1873 according to Broomhall, 1872 Mrs Carrick in England wrote enquiring about her brother W R George 1897 at the EPF Banquet for surviving EPF |