307 Thomas Morris
Enlisted for the Coldm Regiment of the Foot Guards on the 27 January 1817
Attested for the said Regiment on 28 January 1817 at the age of Eighteen Years and ---- Months
Regiment Promotions, Reductions, Casualties etc Rank Period of Service in each Rank Amount of service
Coldm
Guards Private 27 Jan 1817 31 Dec 1828 11 340
Total service recorded to 31 Dec 1828 Eleven years three hundred & forty days
Signed I Mac??? [ ] Major
Ext [extension of service beyond his initial 12 year commitment]
Coldstrean
Guards Private 1 Jan 1829 25 Jan 1831 2 25
Total Service to 28th January 1831 Fouteen years 14
15yrs
Private 26th Jan 1831 31 Dec 1837 6 340
Total service to 31 Dec 1837 20 340
2nd GC [Good Conduct] Pay Private 1 Jan 1838 11 Oct 1842 4 284
Dischd 11 Oct 1842 aged 42 years Totally unfit
25 259
Total Service on the 11th Oct 1842 Twenty five years two hundred and fifty nine days
We certify the above to be a correct statement of the service of Thomas Morris to the 11th Oct 1842
[ ] Commanding Coldstream Guards
[ ] Adjutant Coldstream Guards
Comment: The meaning of ‘A’ in the margin at the top of the form is not known. It does not signify his company as Companies in the Guards are numbered (with the exception of the King’s/Queen’s Company in the Grenadier Guards)