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| Name | SAVILE / SAVILLE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 95th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 49 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th December 1823 / 18 years / London Middlesex England Miller |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Fresh Hazel Brown None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta and Ionian Islands – 10 years 9 months Ceylon – 5 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 248 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th August 1845 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Fulham Middlesex England |
| Pension Districts | 1845 2nd West London 1852 Western Australia 1856 Tasmania |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | London England (Date not known) |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1805 Roxton Tempsford Bedfordshire 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 | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| 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 | Night Warder Convict Establishment 16 October 1852 Resigned 6 November 1854 |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | between 1852 and 1856 to Tasmania |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th December 1856 Tasmania Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army worldwide Index 1841 William Saville 49 Private 95th Foot location Colombo Ceylon Discharge due to ophthalmic – nearly blind Left Colony without permission When William Saville was accidentally drowned there was a Coroner’s Inquest which said ‘The said William Saville on the day of December in the years aforesaid at Perth in the County aforesaid in the Island aforesaid whilst being in a very leaky boat on the South Esk River it so happened that the said boat from its leaky state filled with water and sank and that accidentally casually and by misfortune the said William Saville himself being at the time under the influence of liquor was immersed and suffocated and drowned in the waters of the said river and the jurors upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said William Saville accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise.’ |
