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Re: English Army deserters in the early 1800s - what would happen to them?
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 30 June 24 11:19 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Sunday 30 June 24 10:53 BST (UK)
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I looked up that James Whitaker (the one with the Chelsea Pension) and he went to Sierra Leone.

Where did you find that he went to Sierra Leone?

On Family Search Shaun. Lived in Sierra Leone and buried in Bury. I just put in James Whitaker Sierra Leone as search terms just then. The record says he was
born in 1779 but it isn't the person l'm looking for.
I also think your 2nd point- delay in pension is where the confusion has happened for me re dates.
Whittaker (originally from Newchurch, Rossendale then Manchester) and Seel (Manchester).

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« Reply #19 on: Sunday 30 June 24 11:23 BST (UK) »
Hi Tazzie.
Thanks for the information.
It doesn't appear this is the person l'm looking for.
Whittaker (originally from Newchurch, Rossendale then Manchester) and Seel (Manchester).

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« Reply #20 on: Sunday 30 June 24 11:25 BST (UK) »
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I needed this soldier to have died in Huttock End, Rossendale 24 September 1844. Had that been the case l'd have claimed him.
Whittaker (originally from Newchurch, Rossendale then Manchester) and Seel (Manchester).

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« Reply #21 on: Sunday 30 June 24 11:31 BST (UK) »
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On Family Search Shaun. Lived in Sierra Leone and buried in Bury. I just put in James Whitaker Sierra Leone as search terms just then.

Family search showed you that result because he lived in "Freetown" per the burial record. But it was Freetown, Bury, Lancashire not Freetown in Sierra Leone (!)  At least it made me laugh. 
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Re: English Army deserters in the early 1800s - what would happen to them?
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 30 June 24 11:47 BST (UK) »
Family search showed you that result because he lived in "Freetown" per the burial record. But it was Freetown, Bury, Lancashire not Freetown in Sierra Leone (!)  At least it made me laugh. 
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Oh right lol.
As you can see, l still don't have a great strike rate doing quotes either!
Whittaker (originally from Newchurch, Rossendale then Manchester) and Seel (Manchester).
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