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80th Regiment of Foot Staffordshire
30th Regiment Cambridgshire Crest
9th Regiment Royal Norfolk Cap Badge
24th Regiment South Wales Borderers
AFGHAN WAR CANDAHAR GHUZNEE CABUL MEDAL 1842
Sutlej Medal
Punjab Medal w Chilianwala and Goojerat Clasp
NameHILL – Robert
Regiment (s)80th 30th 9th and 24th Regiment
Regiment Number (s) 1089 – 9th Regiment
2699 – 24th Regiment
3144 – 80th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
1. 1836-9th June 1852 16 years 46 days
2. 1st October 1852 / 34 years 6 months / Westminster Middlesex England
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Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 7 in
Fresh / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationEast Indies -16 years 3 months
Length of Service22 years 30 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargePrivate / 27th September 1858 / no place given
Campaign MedalsCandahar, Ghuznee and Cabul Medals 1841-2
Sutlej Campaign Medal 1845-6
Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-9 with clasps for Chilianwallah and Gujarat
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Not stated
Pension Districts1858 – 59 Bristol
1860 Wales West
1861-1869 Western Australia
1869 Madras
1870 London West
1873-1876 Bristol/ Carlisle/ 2nd N London
Pension Paid8½d per diem
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
PALMERSTON 11th February 1861
Date/Place of Birth1818 St Cuthbert’s Carlisle Cumberland England (1871 Census)
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth
HILL William (Brush-maker)
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
FERRELL / FENNEL Marianne
Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage13th March 1858 St. John’s Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire Wales
Children by 1st WifeNot yet known
Father of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth
John Ferrell a shipwright.
Mother of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
Land Grants Western
Australia
None
Occupation after
Arrival
Employed by the Convict Establishment from 4th April 1862 until he resigned 4 July 1869 (Barker page 102)
Newspaper ArticlesInquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 31st July 1867 page 2
Departure from Western
Australia
July – August 1869 by unknown ship: paid in Madras India in September 1869
Date/Place of Death/BurialD 30th June 1876 Holborn London
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife
Not yet known
Will or ProbateNone known
Further InformationBritish Army Worldwide index
1841 Robert Hill, private 1089, 9th Foot Location Meerut, WO12/2685
1851 Robert Hill, Private, 2699 24th Regt (9F 1089) Location Wazirabad, Pakistan. WO12/4106
His first discharge was at his own request the second
discharge due to chronic rheumatism and worn out.
1871 Census RG 10/385/22/37 Wilmington Place, St. James Clerkenwell, London MDX
Robert Hill, age 53, married, lodger, Chelsea Pensioner, born Bristol, Somerset (nb place of birth differs)