BRITTON / BRITTAIN – Robert 83rd Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	BRITTON / BRITTAIN – Robert
Regiment (s)	83rd Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1278
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	3rd June 1837 / 18 years / Glasgow Lanark Scotland Dyer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9 in Fair / Blue / Red / None
Overseas Service/Duration	North America – 5 years East Indies – 6 years 9 months
Length of Service	17 years 301 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 30th December 1856 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1857 2nd Glasgow 1857 Paisley 1858 Coal House Point Battery 1858 – 1872 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	25th December 1821 Glasgow Renfrew Scotland
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	CHRISTIE Margret or Margaret Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	3rd February 1858 High Church Paisley Scotland
Children by 1^st 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
2nd Husband of Wife	PERKINS Henry James
Date/Place of Marriage	1872 Perth Western Australia
Children by 2^ndHusband	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Warder in Convict Establishment appointed 11 February 1859 – 6 April 1871 when he was found unfit for duty due to a heart defect. He was awarded a pension of £20/13/10 per annum increased to £23/0/6 1871 Held Colonial Wine retail licence for his premises in Hay Street West Perth.
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 19 August 1859 Warder Robert Britton gave evidence at inquest into the drowning of a prisoner The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Wednesday 21st February 1872 – page 2 Death notice The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Wednesday 28th February 1872 – page 2 The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 1st March 1872 – page 2 Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 13 November 1872 page 3- Henry Perkins applies for a liquor licence for the premises previously owned by Robert Britton
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	12th February 1872 Western Australia Independent Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Sacred To The Memory Of Robert Brittain Of Her Majestys 83rd Regmt. Native Of Renfrew, Scotland Born Decr 25th 1821 Departed This Life February 12th 1872 Aged 51 Years Dust Thou Art, And Unto Dust Shalt Thou Return Gen 3rd 19 vers.
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3403/1873/436 He willed his entire estate to his wife Margaret (now married to Henry James Perkins.)
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide index 1841 Location London Canada 1851 Location Karachi, India Discharge: Due to heart disease. 12th December 1862 Application to purchased Perth Lot H43 Of 10 acres frontages to Murray and Hay Streets between George and Milligan Streets Perth. Full title granted 6th March 1863. There is extensive information about his life as a warder in Warders and Gaolers page 24 After Margaret Britton married John James Perkins he lost no time in taking over the premises of Robert Britton in Hay Street West Perth, at the time of this marriage the property belonging to a woman became the possession of the husband on marriage. They appear to have left the Colony for Shanghai on the 28th April 1873 on the barque Deux Freres. In 1874 and 1879 Robert’s widow applied to the War Office but was advised that ‘funds were only available to soldiers themselves.’