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From: "Kimball Thurlow" <>
Subject: [India-L] re Godfrey on Ships to Bombay
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 08:08:03 -0800


Dear Peter,
My ancestor, William Hayley GODFREY and his brother, Thurlow Hovel GODFREY,
travelled in the ship "Hero of Malown" to India as recruits for the HEIC
Bombay army. The date was between 1829 and 1833.
Do you have this ship in your list?
regards
Kimball in Australia

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> Pat Page - and others interested,
>
> I don't know how much time you have but your listing of ships is formidable
> and most useful. ( I imagine that the numbers after the ships' names are the
> folio number - ?). This seems to have been taken from the film with OIOC
> ref. L/MIL/9/99
>
> For those interested, I have established a database of Embarkations for EIC
> Army European Recruits from 1824-1829.
>
> The data include:
>
> Name of Ship
> Date of Departure
> Destination (Bengal, Bombay, Madras or St. Helena)
> Date of Arrival
> Number of Recruits
> Number of Wives
> Number of Children
>
> This is taken from L/MIL/9/77 or L/MIL/9/100 (The two seem to overlap) - I'm
> sorry that I am not familiar with the LDS film numbers.
>
> So, Pat if you could spare the time to provide the same data (probably with
> extra destinations) from your film, these would be useful extensions of each
> other.
>
> In fact, I also have similar data for the year 1786 (from L/MIL/9/91) and
> for 1800 (L/MIL/9/97), although only 15 ships are included in the latter and
> no destinations given.
>
> If any lister would like any look-ups, please let me know. Please bear in
> mind, however, no soldiers names are included. To copy these really would be
> a Marathon task.
>
> Good Hunting! - Peter Bailey, Weybridge UK

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