Women, Families and the British Army, 1700-1880
Edited by Jennine Hurl-Eamon and Lynn MacKay
Volume I: From Marlborough’s reforms to the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France
Edited by Jennine Hurl-Eamon
Introduction
Part 1. Experiences of Courtship and Marriage
1. Selections from Regimental Courts Martial, 4 May 1748; 6 July 1748; 16 September 1748; 21 October 1748; 2 March 1748/9; 11 April 1749; 26 April 1749; 2 Jan 1749/50; 3 Aug 1750; 7 Nov 1750; 13 Nov 1750; 22 Nov 1750; 10 Dec 1750; 18 Dec 1750; 28 Jan 1751; 19 April 1751; 30 May 1751; 17 Jan 1751/2; 30 Jan 1752; 21 May 1752; 19 Oct 1752; 21 Apr 1753; 23 Apr 1753; 10 Sept 1759; 27 July 1781, Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020
2. Fog’s Weekly Journal, 8 September 1733.
3. Murder Cases in the Old Bailey Proceedings and The Ordinary’s Account:
‘Trial of Mary Price’, July 1718, p.6; ‘Ordinary’s Account of Mary Price’, August 1718, p.4; ‘Ordinary’s Account of Joseph Blunt’, October 1733, p. 10-11; ‘Trial of Philip Williams’, December 1735, excerpt, pp. 34-35; ‘Trial of William Bird’, July 1740, excerpt, pp. 180-81.
Part 2. Economic Survival
4. Royal Hospital, An Advertisement to all Charitable and Well-dispos’d Christians; more particularly to the Officers and Gentlemen of the Army: Recommending to their Charity the Children of poor disabled Soldiers, Pensioners, and Out-Pensioners of the Royal-Hospital at Chelsea (London, 1710), pp. 1-2.
5. Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020, Regimental Court Martial dated 3 August 1753.
6. ‘Ireland’ London Evening Post, 18 January 1755.
7. William Agar, Military devotion: or, the soldier's duty to God, his prince and his country. Containing fourteen sermons preached at the camps near Blandford ... London, [1758], pp. xxviii- xxxii.
8. London Metropolitan Archives, Foundling Hospital records, 1750s and 1760s.
9. Jonas Hanway, An Account of the society for the Encouragement of British Troops in Germany and North America, (London, 1760), excerpt, pp. 61-63.
10. Letter from John Forster, dated Brunton 16th November 1764, NA WO 1/987 f 629
11. ‘To the Public’, St James Chronicle, 21 May 1776, p. 2.
12. R. Hamilton, M.D., Thoughts Submitted…Respecting the Establishment of a Regimental Fund for the Relief of the Sick and Necessitous Wives of the Private Soldiers (Lincoln: S. Simmons, 1783).
Part 3. Impact of War
13. Anon., Serious and Comical Essays, viz. On the Town. The Art of Pleasing in Women… (1710), pp. 206-213.
14. Selections from Regimental Courts Martial, 26 March 1753; 10 April 1753, Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020
15. Petition to Henry Bouquet from Martha May, Carlisle, 4 June 1758, in The Military Papers of Colonel Henry Bouquet.
16. Samuel Ancell, A Circumstantial Journal of the Long and Tedious Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar, from the twelfth of September, 1779 to the Third Day of February, 1783 in a Series of Letters from the Author to his brother (Liverpool, 1785), pp. 46, 49, 115-18, 127-8137, 229; and 4th edn., (Cork: A. Edwards, 1793), pp. 15, 230.
Part 4. Sex Outside of Marriage
17. Selections from Regimental Courts Martial, 8 June 1752; 9 April 1773; 16 July 1781, Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020.
18. ‘General Court Martial of Edward Hall, 13 Oct 1774’, NA WO 71/79 fol 393.
19. ‘General Court Martial of Patrick McDonald 26-27 April 1775’, NA WO 71/80 fol 412.
Part 5. First Person Accounts
5.1. Memoirs
20. Christian Davies, The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, Commonly Called Mother Ross; (1741), pp. Part I: 9-32, 58-69, 75-77, 80-85, Part II: 13-16, 21-31, 35-7, 40-51, 58-61, 66-7, 75-93, 98-104.
21. ‘A Narrative of the Life of Serjeant Willm Pell First Foot Guards, (Written by himself) From his first Inlisting, Jan. 18th 1779’, ff. 1-3, 6, 9- 11, 12, 24, 28, 36-38, 47-48, 49-52; Part II: ff. 2-3, 7-8, 10-13, 17, 21-22, 24-25, 31, 38, 40-41, 45, 46-47. Grenadier Guards Archives, London R-1151
22. Ann Candler, Poetical Attempts, By Ann Candler, A Suffolk Cottager; with a short Narrative of Her Life (Ipswich: Printed and sold by John Raw, 1803), pp. 4-15.
23. Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge..., (Philadelphia, 1807), pp. 48-54.
24. Roger Lamb, An Original and Authentic Journal of Occurrences During the Late American War, from its commencement to the year 1783 (Dublin: Wilkinson & Courtney, 1809), pp. 33-35, 67, 143, 256-7, 436-7, 438.
25. Roger Lamb, Memoir of His Own Life, by R. Lamb; Serjeant in the Royal Welch Fuzileers, (Dublin: Printed by J. Jones, 1811), pp. 6-7, 14-15, 61, 66-71, 74-75, 108-110, 182-183, 189, 242-245, 289.
26. Anon., The Veteran Soldier: An Interesting Narrative of the Life and Religious Experience of the Late Serjeant Greenleigh (London, 1822), PP. 23-30, 31-32, 34-36, 37, 38-39, 43-45, 51-53, 55-61, 62, 63, 67.
27. Samuel Hutton, ‘The Life of an Old Soldier’, in Llewellynn Jewitt (ed.), The Reliquary, Quarterly Archaeological Journal and Review. A depository for precious relics—legendary, biographical, and historical…, F.S.A., Vol. XI (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1870-71), pp. 215-19, 221-24.
28. William Hutton, The Life of William Hutton: And the History of the Hutton Family, Llewellynn Jewitt (ed.), (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1872), pp. 34-36, 39-43; 47-50.
5.2. Letters
29. ‘Letters from Jacobite Soldiers, 22 October-8 November 1745’, National Archives, UK, SP 54/26/122.
30. Derby Mercury, Friday November 30 to Friday Dec. 7, 1759, Vol xxxviii, no 38.
Part 6. Fictional Representations
6.1. Novels, Plays, and Stories
31. George Farquhar, The Recruiting Officer. A comedy… (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott [etc.], 1706), pp. 1-4, 8-9, 19-24, 26-9, 31-32, 40-43, 47-49, 57-60, 65-67.
32. Charles Shadwell, ‘The Humours of the Army. A Comedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane’, in The Works of Mr. Charles Shadwell (Dublin, 1720), Vol I: pp. 109-12, 154-57, 171-74, 181-83.
33. The Life and Memoirs of Mr. Ephraim Tristram Bates, commonly called Corporal Bates, a broken-hearted soldier… (London, 1756), pp. 7-8, 6-29, 48-49, 132-38, 213-14, 230-35.
34. George Smith Green, The Life of Mr. John Van, a clergyman’s son, of Woody, in Hampshire… (1750), pp. 18-20.
35. Edward Ward, Mars Stript of his Armour: or, the army displayed in all its true colours (London, 1765), pp. 10, 69-70.
36. Isaac Bickerstaff, The Recruiting Serjeant (London, 1770), 1-28.
37. Charles Dibdin, The Chelsea Pensioner: a comic opera in two acts (London: G. Kearsly, 1779), pp. 1-40.
38. Charles Stuart, The Cobler [sic] of Castlebury, a musical entertainment, in two acts (London, G. Kearsley, 1779), pp. 1-40.
39. Anon., The Carpenter’s Daughter, of Derham-Down (Dublin, 1792), pp. 3-10, 15-21, 25-6, 28-33, 57-59, 61-77, 83, 93-98, 133, 157, 241-48, 253, 282-3, 285-6.
6.2. Ballads and Songs
40. ‘The Nightingale’s Song’, (London: W. Onley, ca. 1689-1709).
41. ‘The Soldiers Fortune: Or The Taking of Mardike’, (London: P. Brooksby, 1672-1696).
42. ‘The Loyal Soldier of Flanders: Or, the Faithless Lass of London’, (London: P. Brooks, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back, 1683-1696).
43. ‘The Low-Country Soldier turn’d Burgomaster’, (unknown publisher, n.d.).
44. ‘The Longing Lasses Letter To her Love’, (London: J. Deacon, 1671-1704).
Volume II: In the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic War era
Edited by Jennine Hurl-Eamon
Introduction
Part 1. Experiences of Courtship and Marriage
1. David Fordyce, The new and complete British letter-writer; or, young secretary’s instructor in polite modern letter-writing. Containing near Four Hundred...(London, 1790), p. 85.
2. Selections from regimental Courts Martial, 31 July 1797; 15 June 1799; 23 December 1799; 26 May 1804; 10 Sept 1804; 15 Aug 1805, Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020
Part 2. Economic Survival
3. Letters from Sir Hew Dalrymple to Lady Dalrymple, September to November 1793. NAM 1994-03-129 -20, and -41,
4. London Metropolitan Archives, Foundling Hospital records miscellaneous 1794.
5. Parliament of Great Britain, The Parliamentary Register; or, history of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons (London, 1800), vol. 12, pp. 247-49.
6. Draft Act of 1801 by Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick, UKNA, WO 43/269
7. Society for the Bettering the Condition and increasing the Comforts of the Poor, The reports of the Society for the Bettering the Condition and increasing the Comforts of the Poor, (London, 1804), vol. 4, pp. 145-7.
8. Newspaper Accounts of Army Wives: ‘Soldiers Wives’, Leeds Mercury, 31 August 1811; ‘General Orders’, Caledonian Mercury, 8 May 1813; and ‘Forgery’, Caledonian Mercury, 15 August 1814.
9. Selections from regimental Courts Martial, 25 April 1814, Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020
Part 3. Impact of War
3.1. Living in a War Zone
10. Anon., An Accurate and impartial narrative of the war, by an Officer of the Guards… (London, Cadell and Davies 3rd Edn, 1796), Vol 2, pp. 121-4.
11. Grenadier Guards Archives, B08/023 Brigade Standing Orders, dated Hd Qurs Corunna, 20th Octr 1808.
12. Henry Milburne, A Narrative of Circumstances Attending the Retreat of the British Army… (T. Egerton, 1809), pp. 27-28, 33-4.
13. Adam Neale, Letters from Portugal and Spain… (London: Richard Phillips, 1809), pp. 19, 22, 162, 293-5, 305.
14. Robert Ker Porter, Letters from Portugal and Spain, Written during the March of the British Troops under Sir John Moore…. (London: Longman & Co., 1809), pp. 200-201, 210-12, 265-7, 281.
15. Moyle Sherer, Recollections of the Peninsula (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme Brown and Green, 1824-2nd edn), pp. 74-75, 191-2.
16. George Wood, The Subaltern Officer: A Narrative, (London: Septimus Prowett, 1825), pp. 6-8, 67-8.
17. Thomas Staunton St. Clair, A Residence in the West Indies and America (London, Richard Bentley, 1834), Vol 2, pp. 252, 268-9, 271-3.
18. John Kincaid, Random Shots from a Rifleman (London, 1835), excerpt, pp. 28, 41-42, 65-70, 92-93.
19. George Landmann, Recollections of my Military Life by Colonel Landmann, Late of the 2Corps of Royal Engineers…in two volumes (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1854), Vol I, excerpt, pp. 3-7.
3.2. Separation and Loss
20. Lady Bessborough’s descriptions of embarkation at Margate in 1799 in letters to Lord Granville Leveson Gower. Lord Granville Leveson Gower, Private Correspondence, 1781-1821, ed. Castalia Countess Granville, Vol. I (London: John Murrray, 1916), pp. 261-62.
21. Grenadier Guards Archives, D04/020, regimental Court Martial of 8 June, 1803.
22. Charlotte Anne Eaton, Narrative of a Residence in Belgium during the Campaign of 1815: And of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo, by an Englishwoman (Murray, 1817), pp. 42-8, 244-45, 315-317.
23. John Scott, Paris Revisited in 1815, By Way of Brussels: including A walk over the field of battle at Waterloo, 2nd edn. (London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816), pp. 18-19, 34, 121-22, 151-2, 204-8; 237-42; 324-6.
24. James Dawson Burn, The Autobiography of a Beggar Boy… 2nd Edn., (London: William Tweedie, 1856), pp. 3-13, 16, 18-19, 24-27.
Part 4. Sex Outside of Marriage
25. Trial of Susannah Brookes, 8 May 1799, pp. 273-4; Trial of Sarah Marchant, alias Hart, and Matthew Hart, 28 May 1800, pp. 354-355; Trial of James Williams, 14 July 1802, pp 387-388, Old Bailey Proceedings:
Part 5. First Person Accounts
5.1. Memoirs
26. Susan Sibbald, The Memoirs of Susan Sibbald (1783-1812), edited by her Great-Grandson Francis Paget Hett (New York, 1926) excerpt, pp. 260-62, 271-2, 287-9, 290, 294.
27. Susannah Cope, The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Susanna Cope, the British Female Soldier, etc. (Banbury: Cheney, 1810).
28. Robert Grenville Wallace, Fifteen Years in India or, Sketches of a Soldier’s Life (London: 1823), pp. 51-6, 71-3, 80-1, 85-6, 101-4, 108-9, 115, 133-7, 167-9, 189-90, 224-5, 227-35, 251-4, 256, 261-2, 267-9, 270-1, 275, 280, 305-6, 314-15, 328-9, 375-6, 377-9, 403, 406, 439-47, 511, 512-515.
29. Joseph Donaldson, Scenes and Sketches of a Soldier’s Life in Ireland... (Edinburgh, 1826), pp. 27-30, 34-36, 39-76, 112-13, 141-44, 152-54, 162-69, 182-89, 191, 200-12.
30. John Shipp, Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, Late a Lieutenant in his Majesty’s 87th Regiment, 2nd edn. (London: Thomas Tegg, 1843), pp. 1-17, 49-53, 59, 110-12, 129-135, 187, 209-10, 222-3, 287-9, 302, 315, 317-21, 322-4.
5.2. Letters
31. Letters written by Private James Morgan, 2nd Light Company, Coldstream Guards, to his family, National Army Museum, NAM. 2004-03-75-1 and -2.
Part 6. Fictional Representations
6.1. Novels, Plays, and Stories
32. Lucas Williams, ‘The Deserter’, in The Children’s friend, translated from the French of Mr. Berquin…In Six Volumes… (London, 1793), vol. IV: pp. 141-90.
33. George Walker, Cinthelia; or, a woman of ten thousand (London, 1797), Vol 3, pp. 198-212, 225-9; Vol. 4, pp. 10-11, 24-7, 33-4.
34. Anon., The Story of the Unfortunate But Heroic Highlander Related by Himself (Wellington, Houston and Son, 1809), pp. 5-18, 67-70.
35. John Shipp, The Military Bijou; or The Contents of a Soldier’s Knapsack: Being the Gleanings of Thirty-Three Years’ Active Service (London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1831), Vol 1, pp. vi-viii, 7-10, 22-23, 59-60, 64, 93-95, 100-105, 107-8, 115-6, 136-40, 152-65, 165-7, 216-18; Vol. 2, pp. 7-9, 23-35, 59-60, 73-7, 82-8, 112-114, 123-5, 133-7, 142-6, 156-7, 172-5, 191-4.
6.2. Ballads and Songs
36. Gavin Turnbull, ‘The Recruit. a musical Interlude. As performed at the Theatre, Dumfries, January 1794’, in Poems, by Gavin Turnbull, Comedian (1794), pp. 37-47.
37. ‘The Rambling Soldier’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1819 and 1844).
38. ‘Hey for the Life of a Soldier’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1803-1815).
39. ‘The Jolly Soldier’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1803-1815).
40. ‘The Soldier’s Life’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1802-1819).
41. ‘The Soldier’s Cloak’. (Nottingham: Burbage and Stretton, 1797-1807).
42. ‘Lady’s Resolution to marry a Soldier’, (London: J. Davenport, ca. 1800-1812).
43. ‘The Old Maid’s Love for a Soldier’, (London: J. Pitts, 1802-1819).
44. ‘Paddy Carey’, (London: Evans, 1780-1812).
45. ‘The affectionate Soldier’, (London: J. Catnach, ca. 1813-1838).
46. Charles Dibdin, ‘The Soldier’s Adieu’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1802-1819).
47. Robert Burns, ‘The Soldiers’ return’, (Newcastle: Angus, ca. 1774-1825),
48. ‘The Soldier’s Wife’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1819-1844).
49. ‘The Tobacco Box’, (London: J. Pitts, ca. 1802-1819)
50. ‘Lamentation of the Sailors & Soldiers Wives for the loss of their Husbands’, (London: T. Batchelar, ca. 1807-1810).
Volume III: In their own accounts of service in the Napoleonic Wars Era
Edited by Jennine Hurl-Eamon
Introduction
Part 1. Infantrymen Privates in Line Regiments
1. [Thomas], Journal of a Soldier of the Seventy-First,…from 1806-1815, John Howell (ed.) (Edinburgh: printed for William and Charles Tait, 1819), pp. 1-15, 17-18, 30-32, 47-52, 73-74, 77, 80, 81-82, 88, 97-99, 106-7, 143-4, 172-3, 179-80, 198, 213-15, 218-20, 227-32.
2. Anon., Personal Narrative of a Private Soldier Who served in the 42nd Highlanders for Twelve Years (London, 1821), pp. 1-5, 24-25, 65, 72, 92, 94-95, 98, 111-12, 176-81.
3. Samuel Plummer, The Journal of Samuel Plummer, A Private in the 22d Regiment of Foot…Rev. John Riles (ed.), (London, printed by T. Cordeux, 1821), pp. 3, 29, 43, 50-51, 67-69, 77, 80, 83.
4. Eli Gill, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Eli Gill, a private in his Majesty’s 52nd Regiment of Light Infantry (Barnard Castle: Thomas Clifton, 1826), excerpt, pp. 5-7, 17, 32-3.
5. Anon., Vicissitudes in the life of a Scottish soldier. Written by himself, (London: Henry Colburn, 1827), pp. 1-2, 48, 65, 79-80, 83, 109-10, 125-26, 236-37, 246-47, 248-51, 275, 305-7, 315-16, 340-41.
6. John Green, The Vicissitudes of a Soldier’s Life; or, a Series of Occurrences from 1806-1815 (Louth, 1827), excerpt, pp. 1, 3-4, 9, 11-14, 19, 21-22, 23, 26-27, 42, 45-50, 52, 53, 102, 130-1, 159; 175, 192, 201-2, 204, 205, 211-13, 214-15, 222-3.
7. Robert Eadie, Recollections of Robert Eadie… (Kincardine, 1829), pp. 1-6, 13-16, 27-28, 42-48, 66-69, 88, 91-94, 101, 134-38, 140-47, 149.
8. William Brown, The Autobiography, or narrative of a soldier (Kilmarnock: 1829), pp. 13-23, 24-28, 34, 35-36, 40-42, 48-49, 75-76, 80, 81, 83-84, 115-22, 133-34, 160-65, 188-90, 196-201, 214, 257-58, 297-98, 304-5, 320-23.
Part 2. Infantrymen Noncommissioned Officers in Line Regiments
9. Robert Butler, Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant Butler. Written by Himself (Edinburgh: Printed for David Brown, Chalmers and Collins; Glasgow: Knight & Lacey, 1823), pp. 1-5, 10-11, 18-20, 31-34, 36-38, 40, 78-79, 82-84, 85, 92-93, 100-101, 119-20, 122-25, 127-33, 138, 152-3, 156-7, 168-9, 173-6, 181-86, 187-93, 197-200, 210n-211n, 236-37, 239, 283-87, 299-301.
10. Joseph Donaldson, Recollections of An Eventful Life, Chiefly Passed in the Army, (Glasgow: W. R. McPhun, 1824), pp. 1-5, 10-12, 17-23, 59-61, 63-70, 89-90, 93, 98-99, 100-109, 115, 155-6.
11. James Hale, Journal of James Hale, Late Sergeant in the Ninth Regiment of Foot, (London, Longman & Co., 1826), pp. 5-8, 14-15, 32, 39-41, 46, 62, 71-72, 117, 126-131.
12. [anon.] Memoirs of A Sergeant late in the Forty-third Light Infantry Regiment… (London: John Mason, 1835), pp. 1-5, 11-14, 19-24, 63-68, 79, 98, 150-1, 176-79, 246-251, 269-75.
13. John Williamson, The Narrative of a Commuted Pensioner (Montreal: J. Starke and Co, 1838), Vol. I, pp. 1-3, 6, 37-38, 39-43, 55-56, 72-76, 77-86, 93-98, 99-100, 132-37, 149-54, 159-61, 188-91, 208-215, 221-31, 261-2, 264, 271-73.
14. Stephen Morley, Memoirs of a Serjeant of the 5th Regiment of Foot (J. Elliott, 1842), pp. 4, 6-7, 18-20, 62-63, 101-2, 104-5, 118-21, 122-23.
15. William Lawrence, The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence (London, 1886), pp. 1-18, 22-23, 29, 195-96, 201-2, 224-26, 230-47, 249-50.
Part 3. Riflemen
16. Johan Christian Maempel, Adventures of a Young Rifleman, in the French and English Armies translation by author, ed. and preface by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2nd edn. (London: Henry Colburn, 1826), excerpt, pp. 7-8, 10-12, 16-17, 22-23, 24-25, 29-32, 38-40, 42-43, 45, 271, 300-1, 321-24, 328, 348-50, 357-60.
17. William Surtees, Twenty-five Years in the Rifle Brigade (Blackwood, 1833), pp. 1-2, 6, 9, 28, 40-41, 43-44, 50-51, 73-74, 101, 131, 157-8, 210, 316-17, 414-16.
18. Thomas Knight, The British Battalion at Oporto… (London: Effingham Wilson, 1834), excerpt, pp. 1-3, 4-5, 9-10, 20-21.
19. Edward Costello, Adventures of a Soldier; Written by Himself…. (London: Henry Colburn, 1841), pp. 1-5, 26-28, 149-50, 182, 188-91, 202-203, 206-7, 210-11, 250-1, 256-7, 277-81, 288, 289-90.
Part 4. Guardsmen
20. John Stevenson, A soldier in Time of War; or, the Military Life of Mr. John Stevenson (W. Brittain, Paternoster Row, 1841) excerpt, pp. 1-2, 19-20, 28-31, 98-100, 111-12, 129-30, 174-75.
Part 5. Artillerymen
21. Alexander Alexander, The Life of Alexander Alexander: Written by Himself, and Edited by John Howell…In Two Volumes (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and London: T. Cadell, 1830) 2 Vols, excerpt, Vol 1, pp. 1-3, 6-7, 14-17, 48, 52-61, 67-81, 140-41, 173, 175, 178-81, 182, 183-87, 190, 192-99, 200, 201, 206-7, 208-12, 230, 231-5, 287-8, 338; Vol 2, pp. 16-17, 18, 314-24.
Volume 4: From the Treaty of Paris to the Declaration of War in 1854
Edited by Lynn MacKay
Table of Contents
Introduction
Newspapers, Journals and Magazines
Part 1. Experiences of Courtship and Marriage
1.1. Courtship
The Annette Meyers Case:
1. ‘Murder of a Soldier in St. James’s Park’, Times of London, 5 February 1848, p. 6.
2. ‘Horrible and Deliberate Murder of a Soldier’, Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, 13 February 1848, p. 6.
3. ‘Depravity of the British Army’, The Era, 13 February 1848, p. 8.
4. Old Bailey Proceedings, 28 February 1848 trial of Annette Meyers for murdering Henry Ducker, a soldier who had abandoned her.
5. ‘Central Criminal Court—March 3, Old Court’, Morning Chronicle, 4 March 1848, p. 7.
6. ‘Abolition of Capital Punishments’, Times of London, 9 March 1848, p. 8.
7. ‘The Case of Annette Meyers’, The Era, 12 March 1848, p. 10.
8. ‘Respite of Annette Meyers’, Morning Chronicle, 13 March 1848, p. 6.
9. ‘Miscellanea’, The Examiner, 20 May 1848, p. 332.
10. Buck Adams, The Narrative of Private Buck Adams (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1941), pp. 164-6, 283-4.
11. George Calladine, The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine (London: Eden Fisher & Co., 1922), p. 17, pp. 96, 98.
12. Arthur Swinson and Donald Scott (eds), The Memoirs of Private Waterfield (London: Cassell, 1968), pp. 106-7.
1.2. Domestic Arrangements in the British Isles
1.2.1. Permission to Marry
13. ‘Military Flogging’, Morning Chronicle, 16 May 1817, p. 2.
14. J. H. Stocqueler, The British Soldier: an Anecdotal History of the British Army (London: Wm. S. Orr, 1857), pp. 272-6.
1.2.2. Travel
15. ‘A distressing accident’, Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 28 December 1815, p. 4.
a. The Rifle Brigade Women
16. ‘Most Barbarous Outrage Committed by the Rebels’, Morning Chronicle, 26 February 1822, p. 4.
17. ‘Ireland’, Glasgow Herald, 8 March 1822, p. 8.
18. ‘A strong Refutation’, Bristol Mercury, 23 March 1822, p. 1.
19. ‘Ireland’, Glasgow Herald, 29 March 1822, p. 4.
20. ‘County of Cork Assizes’, Derby Mercury, 17 April 1822, p. 2.
21. Sir William Cope, History of the Rifle Brigade (London: Chatto & Windus, 1877), p. 223.
22. ‘The 2d Division’, Jackson’s Oxford Journal, 23 December 1826, p. 1.
b. 53rd Regiment
23. ‘Heartrending Case’, Ipswich Journal, 31 August 1844, p. 3.
24. ‘Public Liberality’, Times of London, 2 September 1844, p. 6.
25. ‘Alleged "Heart-rending Case"’, Liverpool Mercury, 6 September 1844, p. 6.
26. ‘Chatham, September 11’, Times of London, 13 September 1844, p. 7.
27. ‘Shocking Accident’, Leeds Mercury, 5 September 1846, p. 7.
1.2.3. Morality and Reputation
28. ‘Recollections of the Inner Life’, The Thistle: A Monthly Journal of the Royal Scots, Vol. VI, No. 5 (July 1899), pp. 87-9.
29. Chips, ‘Soldiers' Wives’, Household Words Conducted by Charles Dickens, No. 76 (1851), pp. 561-2.
30. ‘The Church in the Army, No. 2’, The Morning Chronicle, 25 March 1852, p. 3.
1.2.4. Barracks
31. Anon., ‘The Education and Lodging of the Soldier’, Quarterly Review, Vol. 77 (1845-46), pp. 542-4, 551-2, 553-6.
32. A Private Dragoon, ‘Soldiers’ Wives’, St. Paul’s Magazine, Vol. 6 (1870), pp. 78-87.
33. The St. George's Barracks 1851 Manuscript Census Return, HO107/1481, pp. 390-405.
34. The Wellington Barracks 1851 Manuscript Census Return, HO107/1480, pp. 869-87.
1.2.5. Behaviour & Affection
35. ‘Union Hall’, Morning Chronicle, 9 January 1817, p. 3.
36. ‘At Stockbridge’, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 24 August 1835, p. 4.
37. George Calladine, The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine (London: Eden Fisher & Co., 1922), pp. 100, 117, 130, 137, 157, 158, 163, 174, 187, 189, & 195.
38. Thomas Faughnan, Stirring Incidents in the Life of a British Soldier (Toronto: Hunter Rose, 1881), pp. 66-8.
39. Marquess of Anglesey (ed.), Sergeant Pearman's Memoirs (London: Jonathan Cape, 1968), pp. 122-7.
1.2.6. Family Disputes
40. ‘Thames’, Morning Chronicle, 5 October 1852, p. 8.
41. ‘Alleged Sending’, Reynolds's Newspaper, 10 October 1852, p. 10.
42. ‘Police–Thames’, Morning Chronicle, 11 October 1853, p. 11.
1.3. Domestic Arrangements Overseas
43. ‘Soldiers' Children’, Freeman's Journal & Daily Commercial Advertiser, 31 October 1850, p. 4.
44. ‘English Women in Hindustan’, The Calcutta Review, Vol. IV (July—December 1845), pp. 121-7.
45. John Ryder, Four Years' Service in India (Leicester: W.H. Burton, 1853), pp. 198-201.
46. Isaac Tyrrell, excerpts from England to the Antipodes & India (Madras: A.L.V. Press, 1904), pp. 25, 33, 47, 48, 49, 50.
47. Arthur Swinson & Donald Scott (ed.), The Memoirs of Private Waterfield (London: Cassell, 1968), pp. 108, 130.
48. ‘Ingenious, If Not Delicate’, The Examiner, 29 October 1826, p. 698.
49. Marquess of Anglesey (ed.), Sergeant Pearman's Memoirs (London: Jonathan Cape, 1968), p. 61.
1.4. Bigamy
50. Old Bailey Proceedings, Mary Fitzgerald, 19 August 1850 trial of Mary Fitzgerald for bigamy.
51. Old Bailey Proceedings, Thomas Glover, 27 October 1851 trial of Thomas Glover for bigamy.
1.5. Domestic Violence
52. Old Bailey Proceedings, John Davies, 9 April 1849 trial of John Davies for stabbing Ellen Davies, his wife.
Part 2. Economic Survival
2.1. Philanthropy
2.1.1. The Mendicity Society
53. ‘Police—Hatton Garden’, Morning Chronicle, 22 October 1821, p. 3.
54. Mendicity Society Annual Reports 1820-53, excerpts from the Appendices.
2.1.2. The Destitute Condition of Wives Left Behind
55. ‘Woolwich’, The Era, 15 August 1847, p. 13.
56. ‘Soldiers and their Wives’, Reynolds’s Newspaper, 4 July 1852, p. 1.
2.1.3. Philanthropic Housing
57. ‘The Church in the Army—No. IV’, The Morning Chronicle, 28 April 1852, p. 6.
2.2. State Relief
2.2.1. The Army
58. ‘Soldiers' Wives and Widows’, Caledonian Mercury, 25 January 1817, p. 4.
59. ‘Military Passes’, Caledonian Mercury, 20 October 1817, p. 4.
60. ‘Forged Passes’, Caledonian Mercury, 15 November 1817, p. 3.
61. ‘Imposition, Fraud, and Forgery’, Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 24 September 1818, p. 3.
62. ‘Police—Bow Street’, Times of London, 5 April 1823, p. 3.
63. ‘Police—Union Hall’, Times of London, 2 November 1831, p. 4.
64. ‘Police—Guildhall’, Times of London, 15 March 1832, p. 4.
65. ‘Police—Lambeth Street’, Times of London, 1 September 1832, p. 3.
2.2.2. Poor Relief
66. ‘Police’, The Examiner, 10 November 1816, p. 720.
67. Excerpts from the St. Martin in the Fields Settlement Examinations 1816-40, City of Westminster Archive Centre, F 5073.
68. ‘The New Poor Law Bill—Casual Relief’, Morning Chronicle, 30 October 1834, p. 4.
69. ‘Several Irish Women’, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 21 April 1849, p. 4.
70. ‘The Kafir War’, The Morning Chronicle, 31 October 1851, p. 7.
71. ‘Board of Guardians’, Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle, 12 February 1853, p. 5.
2.2.3. Education
72. Thomas Faughnan, Stirring Incidents in the Life of a British Soldier, (Toronto: Hunter Rose, 1881), pp. 68-9.
73. Thomas Faulkner, ‘The Royal Military Asylum’, An historical and topographical description of Chelsea, and its environs, (Chelsea: J. Tilling, 1810), pp. 205-22.
74. Royal Military Asylum [RMA], Board of Commissioners Minutes, 1813-21, National Archives, PRO WO143/8, pp. 33, 34, 38, 39, 40.
75. Regulations for the Establishment and Government of the Royal Military Asylum (Chelsea: Tilling & Hughes, 1819).
76. Report of the Quarter Master General respecting the female branch of this Asylum, Royal Military Asylum Commissioners' Minutes WO 143/9, 13 March 1821, pp. 4-10.
77. ‘Duke of York’s School’, Morning Chronicle, 16 October 1839, p. 3.
78. ‘Military School at Chelsea’, The Watchman, 23 October 1839, p. 350.
79. ‘Illiberality of Duke of York School’, Morning Chronicle, 1 November 1839, p. 3.
80. ‘National Education’, Edinburgh Review, April 1852, pp. 324-8.
2.3. Work
81. Henry Mayhew, ‘Labour and the Po...
