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| Name | THOMPSON – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery 2nd Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge no 119 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st July 1828 / 19 years / London England Clerk |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fresh / Blue / Sandy / Two fingers left hand “smashed in Khyber Pass” |
| Overseas Service/Duration | India – To India Lady Melville 6th January 1829 From India Sutlej August 1851 |
| Length of Service | 22 years 1 month |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 8th August 1851 / Not stated |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Mount Charles West Sligo Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1851 2nd Dublin 1853 – 1856 Western Australia (Fremantle) 1857 Calcutta |
| Pension Paid | 1 /4d per diem (Pension No 119) |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Ballyshannon Donegal Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | THOMPSON William |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HEYDEN Anne father Patrick HEYDEN c1833 possibly Carlow Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 6th March 1852 St Mark Dublin Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Catherine b 23rd March 1853 on board the Pyrenees (birth not recorded by surgeon but apparently by the religious Instructor Catherine Bowyer Wright Thompson) Bp 13th May 1853 Fremantle WA (mother Hyden) Leticia b 1st September 1855 Fremantle WA (mother Headon) Bp 1st September 1855 Fremantle WA D 8th November 1855 Bur St Patricks Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle WA |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | 24th June 1854 Appointed to police without sanction of Commanding Officer |
| Newspaper Articles | None known |
| Departure from Western | Late in 1856 ship unknown |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Several possible deaths in India 26th December 1856 and 14th November 1862 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Bur1st September 1855 St Patrick’s Skinner street Cemetery Fremantle WA |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to two fingers of his left hand being smashed in the Khyber Pass Surgeon’s Journal Pyrenees Sick list: January 2nd 1853 William Thompson age 45 treated for phlegmon aboard the Pyrenees. February 3rd Mrs Thompson age 19 was treated for constipation Charged with military offences in 1853-54 (Drunkenness and resisting arrest) There is an Anna Thompson buried St Patrick’s Skinner street Cemetery born and baptised 2nd October 1855 a month after Leticia’s birth. Pension paid Fremantle to 31st December 1856. The pension department in India was instructed to mark a stoppage of £7/17/10 for his wife’s passage to Australia; however there is no record of him actually being paid in Bengal although he is named on the pension list. |