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| William Ellis; Winslow Herefordshire: Sargent 39th Regiment of Foot |
| William was a baker by trade, but (in 1822) he too was recruited into the army, the Kings army, not a company army like the Madras European Regiment which James Redmond joined, that being part of The East India Company. William travelled extensively with the army, in 1827 his regiment went from England to Ireland to pick up and escort a number of convicts who were being transported to New South Wales, a Penal Colony at that time. The Ships Surgeon on the trip kept a log book that included graphic records of disease and death among the crew, soldiers and convicts. It records a bizarre and very sad death of a convict caused by Hic-Ups, though the doctor thinks he died of 'a broken heart' over leaving his beloved Ireland. William Ellis Military Records. |
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After some time in New South Wales William sailed to Madras with the 39th Foot, and was stationed in Bangalore (1832). Much remains to be discovered about what he did there, but there are some very strong records of things he was involved in.
William fought in the Courg campaign (1834) and shared in the Courg Bounty which is fully documented. See William Ellis Military Records . It is astounding the amount of detail that survives in the records, truly amazing that we have discovered so much, and all in “Original Documents”! Visit the Coorg website
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 Mary Redmond re-enters the picture at this stage, now aged twenty she meets and marries William in India (1837). How and whys of her meeting William are all speculation but next page puts forward known facts and speculates on what may have happened.
William and Mary have a daughter (Maria), born and baptised in Bangalore, India. Eventually (1839) William and Mary returned to the UK by sailing ship (The True Briton - picture). William Ellis Military Records Baby Maria sadly died on the voyage but Mary was pregnant again when she landed at Chatham. William remained in the army for a number of years where he became a Recruiting Sargent for the Regiment and then a Chelsea Pensioner.
The story has come full circle back to the 1851 census.
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