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List of persons employed by or in the pay of the Board of Ordnance in Dover (Engineer...

Catalogue reference: WO 54/515/22b

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WO 54/515/22b
Date
1815-1816
Description

List of persons employed by or in the pay of the Board of Ordnance in Dover (Engineer Department). (Additional information includes previous trade, marital status, number of children, salary, allowances and remarks). Part 2. List continues from WO 54/515/22a.

Name: Richard Grant; Occupation: Driver attending Royal Artillery Horses attached to Engineer Department; Age: 49; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: July 1814, Driver.

Name: George Nicholson; Occupation: Driver attending Royal Artillery Horses attached to Engineer Department; Age: 42; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: June 1815, Driver.

Name: Samuel Thornton; Occupation: Driver attending Royal Artillery Horses attached to Engineer Department; Age: 27; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: October 1814, Driver.

Name: William [Wintlett]; Occupation: Driver attending Royal Artillery Horses attached to Engineer Department; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: June 1814, Driver.

Name: John Wood; Occupation: Driver attending Royal Artillery Horses attached to Engineer Department; Age: 37; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: August 1815, Driver.

Name: George Lamb; Occupation: Overseer; Age: 61; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1778, Carpenter.

Name: Thomas Lion; Occupation: Labourer; Age: 60; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1809, Labourer.

Name: Thomas Wanson; Occupation: Labourer; Age: 42; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1797, Labourer.

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