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| Name | BROWN – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 52nd and 53rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2684 – 52nd Regiment 3456 – 53rd Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th August 1852 / 18 years / Westminster Middlesex England Carpenter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fair / Grey / Light Brown / Bullet wound back of neck |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 4 years 6 months |
| Length of Service | 9 years 95 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private /19th November 1861 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal Relief of Lucknow clasp Lucknow |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | London Middlesex |
| Pension Districts | 1861 London 1863-1868 Perth Western Australia 1868 London 1869 – 1875 (Kings) Lynn |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c 1834 Walworth Surrey 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 | GREEN Sarah nee PHILLIPS Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 9th December 1863 Western Australia |
| 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 | 1866 Assistant Warder Resigned 31 December 1868 |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Left Western Australia post 1866 no details known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 30th September 1854 transferred to 53rd regiment to serve with his elder brother. British Army, Worldwide Index: 1861 Samuel Brown Private 3456 53rd regiment location Devonport Discharge due to wound back of neck (bullet unextracted) received at Cawnpore 30th November 1857 and also sabre wound to his back received at Lucknow 1857. Suffers from deafness in both ears following a bout of fever in India In the 1861 Census Samuel Brown age 27, a private in the army, a single man born London Middlesex was a patient at the Military Hospital at Stoke Damerel Devon. This may be pensioner Samuel Brown In the 1871 Census Samuel Brown is living at High Street, St. John Huntingdon, he is age 35 and working as a cowkeeper, he was born Walworth Surrey. His with Sarah is age 36 and was born Downham Cambridgeshire. Also living with them is his mother- in- law Amy Green age 72, formerly a miller’s wife born Over Cambridgeshire. In the 1881 Census Samuel and Sarah Brown are still living at High Street, St. John Huntingdon and Samuel is still a cowkeeper but Amy Green is no longer with them. Not found 1891 Census. |