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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Military service transcript for Thomas William Grover (1864-1945)
Between
11/8/1881
and
10/11/1881,
Thomas
William
Grover
left
his
work
as
a
baker’s
assistant
and
served
briefly
in
the
infantry
divison
the
97th
(The
Earl
of
Ulster’s)
Regiment
of
Foot.
His
attestation
record
taken
in
Woolwich, London, provides the following information:
Born: Abby
[sic]
Parish, Hertfordshire
Religion: C of E
Age: 19 years 1 month
[He was in fact 16.]
Height 5' 9¼''
Trade: Baker
Non-effective: Discharged 10 Nov 1881 to Maidstone
General
observations:
By
purchase
£10
0s.
0d.
[The
equivalent
of
around
£1,150
today.
This
may
mean
that
he
was obliged to buy himself out of service.]
Service: 92 days
Source: British Regimental Service Registers 1756-1900
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 15 Sep 2020
Military service transcript for Thomas William Grover (1864-
1945)
Between
11/8/1881
and
10/11/1881,
Thomas
William
Grover
left
his
work
as
a
baker’s
assistant
and
served
briefly
in
the
infantry
divison
the
97th
(The
Earl
of
Ulster’s)
Regiment
of
Foot.
His
attestation
record
taken
in
Woolwich,
London,
provides
the
following
information:
Born: Abby
[sic]
Parish, Hertfordshire
Religion: C of E
Age: 19 years 1 month
[He was in fact 16.]
Height 5' 9¼''
Trade: Baker
Non-effective: Discharged 10 Nov 1881 to Maidstone
General
observations:
By
purchase
£10
0s.
0d.
[The
equivalent
of
around
£1,150
today.
This
may
mean
that
he
was
obliged
to
buy
himself
out of service.]
Service: 92 days
Source: British Regimental Service Registers 1756-1900
