MILLWARD – Samuel John Williams 4th Light Dragoons and 10th Hussars

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Name	MILLWARD – Samuel John Williams
Regiment (s)	4th Light Dragoons and 10th Hussars
Regiment Number (s)	845 – 4th Light Dragoons 1127 – 10th Hussars
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	16th July 1836 / 16 years 3 months / London Middlesex England Brazier
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9¾ in Fresh / Blue / Auburn / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 9 years 222 days
Length of Service	15 years 216 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 14th April 1852 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	London England
Pension Districts	1852 1st West London 1864 Tilbury 1864-1886 Western Australia
Pension Paid	6d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	30th January 1864 Portland
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	CLARA 13th April 1864
Date/Place of Birth	c1817 Stoke Damerald (Demerel) Devonport England
Date/Place of Baptism	5th May 1817 Devonport Devon
Father Date/Place of Birth	MILLWARD Samuel
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	HOAR Mary 26TH May 1808 St Andrews, Plymouth Devon England
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	WELSFORD Ann B 1820 Plymouth Devon England
Date/Place of Marriage	15th July 1854 St Andrew’s Plymouth Devon England
Children by 1^st Wife	Samuel Philip B 3rd Qtr 1855 Bristol Gloucestershire England Florence Welsford B 24 February 1859 Marylebone Middlesex England Bp 9th November 1859 London England M CONNOLLY Charles 1887 Greenough Western Australia D 1st January 1927 Geraldton Western Australia Bur Geraldton Cemetery (Apex Park) WA
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	WELSFORD Samuel
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Master of Swan boys orphanage Schoolteacher – Picton 1867-1870 Greenough 1871-1876 also 1882 and 1883
Newspaper Articles	The Herald Saturday 15th August 1868 page 3 Founding of the Temperance Society The Daily News Thursday 9th September 1886 page 3 Death of Samuel The Herald Saturday 26th July 1884 page 2 Death of Ann Geraldton Guardian Tuesday 4th January 1927 page 2 Obituary Florence Connolly
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	21st August 1886 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Cemetery
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	15th July 1884 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Cemetery
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discrepancy in the discharge dates WO 23s state 17th March 1863. British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Millward 845 Corporal 4th Lt Dragoons location Kirkee India 1851 SJW Millward 1127 Private 10th Light Dragoons location Kirkee India Discharge at own request 1861 Census RG0/180/14/21 Samuel Millward is living at 9 Hemlock Court London with his wife Ann (40) and his son Samuel age 5 born Bristol Gloucestershire and daughter Florence age 2 born Middlesex. He is described as a Half Pay Army pensioner During the voyage of the Clara was cautioned for cursing and using disgusting language he wrote “I have sent for Private Millward and read this notation from the Government Journal and in the event of such conduct being continued, I will use means to every extent to suppress the same.” T.Millward was one of the six guards reported for gross negligence of duty in taking his ammunition from a pouch and concealing it in the barracks, Grog stopped for 3 days and the matter to be referred to the Commandant at Fremantle.Samuel Millward was a foundation member of the Temperance Society, took an active interest in Church affairs (Anglican) and he and his wife were Master and Matron of the Swan Orphanage until their resignation in 1878 prior to going to Champion Bay where he was employed as a school master at the back flats Greenough