Northamptonshire Regiment 1898

[Stebie9173]

And Sidney:

2685 Sidney James Pearsall, 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1890-1901

England - 1890 to 1892

Previously served in the 4th battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Militia.
Enlisted into the Regular Army at Derby, “aged 18 years & 1 month”, on 3rd April 1890.
A clerk prior to enlisting.
Born at Bellary India on 3rd March 1872 per Records (discrepancy with Info from Mormon's site 26-2-1873)
Aged 18 on enlistment. 5’ 8.75” tall, 128 lbs
Posted to the Sherwood Foresters, No. 2773, on 3rd April 1890
Transferred to the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment on 16th May 1890
To Warley on 16th May 1890
To London on 25th July 1890 (a detachment of the 1st battalion posted to the Tower of London - on duty, not in incarceration!)
To Warley on 2nd September 1890
To Aldershot on 29th November 1890
Appointed as Lance-Corporal on 23rd December 1890
Appointed as paid Lance-Corporal on 25th January 1892
Promoted to Corporal on 1st October 1892, later ante-dated to 4th October 1892 in line with embarkation to India.

India - 1892 to 1899

To India aboard HMS Malabar on 4th October 1892
Arrived in India on 1st November 1892
Arrived at Bangalore on 19th November 1892
Hospital with abscess from 15 August 1894 to 20 August 1894
Appointed provisional (unpaid) Lance-Sergeant on 19th January 1895
Arrived at Secunderabad on 31st December 1895
L/Sgt. in "A" Company in November 1896 Secunderabad photos
Appointed Corporal Orderly Room Clerk on 1st February 1897
Appointed Sergeant Orderly Room Clerk on 1st February 1897
Passed First Class Education Certificate on 29th March 1897
Extended service to 12 years active service on 20th April 1897
Passed Hindustani (Lower Standard) language exam on 23rd September 1897
Tirah Campaign from 9th September 1897 to 31st December 1897
Entitled to the India General Service Medal with three Clasps for Tirah 1897-98, Samana 1897 & Punjab Frontier 1897-98
Promoted Sergeant (whilst on the Tirah Expedition) on 1st December 1897.
Arrived at Peshawar on 1st January 1898
Resigns appointment of Orderly Room Clerk on 14th February 1898
Promoted to Colour-Sergeant on 29th March 1898
Arrived at Fyzabad on 19th June 1898
In Hospital with Ague from 24th to 29th June 1898

Home on Leave - 1899

Home furlough from India to UK from 3rd March 1899 to 6th September 1899
Married at St Anns, Tottenham to Amy Eva Johnson on 2nd August 1899

India with 1st Northamptons - 1899 to 1901

Returned to India on 6th September 1899
To Allahabad on 20th September 1899
Passed School of Musketry on 20th July 1900
Birth of daughter, Gertrude Daisy, at Pachmarhi on 11th September 1900.
Gertrude Baptised at Allahabad on 21st November 1900
To Fyzabad on 26th January 1901
Arrived at Chakrata on 19th March 1901
Re-engaged for a term of (total) 21 years on 19th September 1901

Indian Army Attachment in India - 1901 to 1909

Transferred to the India Unattached List on 1st October 1901 to be employed as Head Clerk in the Nerbudda District Staff College
Head clerk, Jubbulpore Brigade, from 1st October 1901
In hospital at Jubbulpore with Ague from 24th to 29th October 1902
Birth of son, Thomas Cecil, at Jubbulpore on 11th February 1903
Thomas baptised at Jubbulpore on 11th April 1903
In hospital at Pachmarhi with Ague from 17th to 22nd July 1903
In hospital at Pachmarhi with Ague from 21st to 29th September 1903
In hospital at Jubbulpore with Ague from 9th to 19th February 1907
In hospital at Jubbulpore with debility from 12th to 20th March 1907
Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant on 3rd May 1907
Appointed as Quartermaster Sergeant of Mount Abu Sanatorium on 3rd May 1907
Daughter, Lily Howard, born at Mount Abu on 9th September 1908
Awarded Long Service Good Conduct Medal with £5 Gratuity on 12th October 1908
Failed revaccination at Mount Abu on 15th October 1908
Death of Lily Howard on 31st August 1909

Sherwood Foresters attachment in India - 1909 to 1911

Attached 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (from India Unattached List) on 1st September 1909

Home - 1911

Returned to England with his family aboard HMS Plessy from Bombay on 5th January 1911
Discharged at Gosport as a Quartermaster Sergeant on 2nd April 1911.
“Exemplary” service – no offences in whole of twenty years service.
Residence after discharge to be: 7 Upper Grosvenor Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.


Note the leave he got in 1899. Six months leave, getting married at the end of it. Just like his brother.....?





Steve.

Edited to remove some question marks.

[Stebie9173]

...and because the post was too long, Sidney's Great War notes:

The Great War

Appointed Quartermaster & Honorary Lt. with 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, ?? (1914?).
To France with 10th battalion Sherwood Foresters on 14th July 1915.
 Mentioned in despatches a Honorary Lieutenant & Quartermaster, London Gazette 15-6-1916
Left 10th Sherwood Foresters sick on 31st July 1916
Evacuated to England on 6th August 1916
Admitted to Hospital at Osborne, Isle of Wight on 6th August 1916
Found unfit for service and granted leave from 6th August 1916 to 20th September 1916
Found unfit at a Medical Board and Leave extended to 21st October 1916
Found fit for Home Service on 30th October 1916
Attached to 17th Home Service Battalion Yorkshire Regiment being formed at Blackpool from 14th November 1916
Found fit for General Service at a Medical Board on 12th December 1916
To Folkestone to return to France to rejoin the 10th Sherwood Foresters on 17th January 1917
Promoted Honorary Captain, 12-9-1917.
Mentioned in despatches a Honorary Captain & Quartermaster with 10th Sherwood Foresters, LG 5-6-1919.
O.B.E. awarded LG 3-6-1919, as Hon. Captain & Q'master, 10th Sherwood Foresters.
Relinquished commission, 10-2-1920.

Per London Gazette: “REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS. GENERAL LIST. The undermentioned late temp. Qrmrs., General List, Infantry, to be Qrmrs., 5th Apr. 1922, except where otherwise stated : — Capt. Sidney James Peasall, with the rank of Capt. - London Gazette 4-4-1922)

Per London Gazette: "Having attained the age limit of liability to recall ceases to belong to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, 3rd March 1927" (address: Sherwood, The Park, Gt. Beckham)

Served with the Yeoman of the Guard from 1921 to 1959.
Awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) as a Yeoman of the Guard in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 12-6-1958.

Address per MIC: 26 West St., Carshalton, Surrey (medals claim 1920)


Other

Died in Surrey on 21-6-1961, age 88.
Death due to Hypostatic Pneumonia & Cerebral Embolism. Address: Avonmore, The Knoll, Dorking, Surrey.

Father’s next of kin address given as Sandon Road, Stafford (no date given)




Steve.

[Stebie9173]

I wonder whether Sidney's couple of months posting at the Tower of London had any bearing on his joining the Yeoman of the Guard later in life?


I imagine that the archives of the Yeoman of the Guard MUST have something on Sidney....

To Warley on 16th May 1890
To London on 25th July 1890
To Warley on 2nd September 1890

Incidentally, the "Ague" mentioned in his records was generally malaria (and he was indeed treated with quinine)


Steve.

[stevetewk65]

Indeed. Its seems more information results in more questions (and thirst for answers). Sidney does seem to have been plagued by malaria and illness in general. Any clues as to why he was deemed unfit in 1916? Yet, it would seem he was keen to get back to the action later that year - becoming the "inimitable willie".

steve

[Stebie9173]

No, his file doesn't give any clue as to why he was evacuated other than stating "sickness". It may have been his malaria flaring up again...


As regards Sidney's leave the Times of 4-3-1899 notes : "The hired Transport Nubia, from India, arrived at Southampton yesterday, bringing 44 officers, 11 ladies, eight children, 1230 all ranks, 47 women and 91 children. Of these 315 are invalids for Netley, 814 time-expired and Reservists for Brockhurst, and 88 transfers to home battalions. Major Wayne, 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers, is the commanding officer, and Lt. Colonel Bennett, RAMC, in medical charge."



On the basis that such leave was likely to have been allowed to TPH too, the following arrivals of ships carrying parties of officers, men, women and children in England prior to June 1898 are noted in the Times:

Nubia from Bombay, 21-1-1898
Dilwara from Bombay, 13-2-1898
Nubia from Bombay, 28-3-1898 (specific note of 83 men on furlough)
Dilwara from Bombay, 16-4-1898
Dunera from Bombay, 21-4-1898
Jelunga from Bombay, 28-4-1898

TPH could have been on any of these ships, however...

The "Trooping Season" started in September and ended in March (with the final troops of the season arriving back in the UK in April, as above). If TPH did get his furlough like Sidney then he would have probably got the same six months over the summer.




Steve.

[stevetewk65]

Hi Steve,

just looking at the marriage of thomas sr  - we have it as November on his detail but earlier we show July. Is November definitely correct?

Steve

[Stebie9173]

Let me check.


I'll also send you the copies of the files (Thomas Senior first).


EDIT: Definitely 7th November 1867


Steve.

[seahall]

Hi Phil. 

Sorry I couldn't answer your "call".

I went for the tests I mentioned and they kept me in and operated. 

Talk about "shell shock". 

Good to see there is a summary of all the brilliant information
that has been noted.

Much easier to see the travels of Thomas and all.

I have just been asked by Spof to help with one elsewhere.

Thinking of all at Fromelles today.

Sandy

[Stebie9173]

Big files by the way. E-mail may take a bit to get through!


Hello Sandy. You posted while I was posting. I hope you are ok!



Steve.