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Alma Balaclava Inkerman Sebastopol Clasps
| Name | PINDER – Enoch |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 20th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3828 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11th January 1854 / 18 years 8 months / Halifax Yorkshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Grey / Light / Pockpitted |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Crimea – 1 year 308 days India – 311 days |
| Length of Service | 4 years 317 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 23rd November 1858 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea Medal with Alma Balaclava Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Indian Mutiny Medal with Lucknow clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1858 Halifax 1862 Bermuda (in transit) 1863-1865 Western Australia 1865 London 1865 Halifax 1868 Preston 1874 Halifax |
| Pension Paid | 1/2d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda) |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1st July 1835 Halifax Yorkshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 28th July 1837 Ebenezer Chapel, Cabbage Lane, Halifax, Yorkshire |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | PINDAR Benjamin Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DYSON Sarah Not yet known |
| Siblings | Wilson B 15th June 1823 Elland Yorkshire England Squire B 10th June 1826 Yorkshire Mary B 3rd December 1829 Yorkshire Benjamin B 20th June 1832 Halifax Yorkshire James B 8th February 1834 Yorkshire Elizabeth B 2nd May 1835 Yorkshire Thomas B 1849 Halifax Yorkshire Henry B 1851 Halifax Yorkshire |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | GREENWOOD Elizabeth Father Abraham GREENWOOD B c1838 Brighouse Yorkshire |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28th July 1862 Huddersfield Yorkshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | William H. B c1860 Halifax Yorkshire M UNKNOWN Sarah Ann D 27th December 1925 Bur All Saints Salterhebble Halifax Emma Sarah B 1864 Fremantle Western Australia D 11th April 1864 Western Australia bur Anglican Section Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Annie B 1867 Halifax Yorkshire England Charles B 1871 Sowerby Bridge Halifax Yorkshire England Major Harry B 1874 Sowerby Bridge Halifax Yorkshire England Marina B 1876 Sowerby Bridge Halifax Yorkshire England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 13th January 1865 – page 2 Departures |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1865 to England onboard “Daylight: |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1902 Halifax Yorkshire England Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1897 Halifax Yorkshire England Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharged unfit for service due to gunshot fracture of the lower jaw, nearly the whole of the left …gone and great inconvenience and deformity The Surgeon Superintendent rated Enoch Pindar’s conduct during the voyage of the Merchantman as Good despite being deprived of his liquor allowance for 7 days for using insolent language to the 3rd officer and again for 2 days for disobedience of orders. Mrs Pindar was rated Very Good although she suffered very badly from seasickness. They were not accompanied by any children. In the 1841 Census Enoch Pinder (sic) and his siblings Wilson, Squire, Mary and Benjamin are living with his parents Benjamin and Sarah at Ring of Bells Yard Halifax- all were born in Yorkshire. In the 1851 Census Enoch is a cork cutter’s apprentice is still living with father Benjamin and his new wife Mary and his siblings Wilson, Benjamin and the 2 year old Thomas at No 19 Ring of Bells Yard Halifax By 1861 Enoch, Wilson and Henry (age 10) are lodgers at the home of Abraham and Elizabeth Halstead (possible sister) at 5 Nelson street Halifax. However by 1871 Enoch has married Elizabeth and they are living at Sowerby Bridge with their own children Annie and Charles. Enoch is working as a gardener. By 1881 the family has grown to include son Major Harry and Marina and are now living at 39 Union Street Sowerby Bridge. In the 1891 Census Enoch and Elizabeth are living Claremont Street Beech Sowerby Bridge Warley with Annie, Henry and Marina. By 1901 Enoch, an Army pensioner, is a widower living with his eldest son William H Pinder at 204 Beacon Hill Road Halifax Yorkshire. |