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| Name | BOATS – Henry |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 50th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2001 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 26th July 1842 / 18 years / Bradford Yorkshire England Dyer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¼ in Dark / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 4 years 6 months Malta – 4 months Turkey and Crimea – 1 year 3 months |
| Length of Service | 14 years 113 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th April 1857 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Moodkee Medal with clasps for Ferozershuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Sutlej Campaign 1845/6) Crimean War Medal with Alma Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 11 New Road end Castle Street Leeds Yorkshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1857 Leeds 1858 Sheffield 1858 – 1861 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1824 Bradford Yorkshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not Married |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 11th December 1861 Western Australia (WO23) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 Census HO 107/1296/3 Adelaide Street Bradford Yorkshire James Boats age 22 b 1819 Ireland Wool Comber Henry Boats age 17 born 1824 Ireland … labourer Joseph Boats age 13 b 1828 Yorkshire Worsted Spinner Although Henry said he was born in Bradford on his WO 97 this appears to be him. 1851 Census HO 107/2003/259/36 The Barracks (50th regt) Burn Hays, Burslem Staffordshire England Henry Boats unmarried, age 27, Army, Born Bradford Yorkshire British Army, Worldwide Index 1851 Location Ashton under Lyne Discharge due to Chronic Rheumatic pains in his back and upper and lower extremities and pain in right leg when marching he claimed due to having broken his leg at Scutari A Henry Bolt died in 1861 age 37 (registration no 1870) Western Australia. |