Henry Bolton: Military Records
PROCEEDINGS OF A REGIMENTAL BOARD (4)
UNLIMITED SERVICE
ATTESTATION FOR
REGIMENTS
QUESTIONS
To be separately asked by the Magistrate |
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ANSWERS
To be sworn to by the Recruit |
| 1. What is your Name? | | Henry Bolton |
| 2. In what Parish, and in, or near what Town, and in what County
were you born? | | In the Parish of Great Bowden, in or near the Town of
Market Harborough in the County of
Leicester |
| 3. What is your Age? | | Nineteen
Years ... Months |
| 4. What is your Trade or Calling? | |
a Labourer |
| 5. Are you an Apprentice? | | I am not |
| 6. Are you married? | | I am not |
| 7. Are you Ruptured, or Lame; have you ever been subject to Fits;
or have you any Disability or Disorder which impedes the free use of your
Limbs, or unfits you for ordinary Labour? | | No |
| 8. Are you willing to be attested to serve in the 33d Regiment of
Foot until you shall be legally discharged? | |
I am |
| 9. On what day, and by whom were you enlisted? * | | On the
22d
April 1833 by Private George Tallent 33d Regiment |
| 10. For what Bounty did you enlists? | | Three pounds |
| 11. Do you now belong to the Militia? † | | I do not |
| 12. Do you belong to any other Regiment, or to the Marines, Ordnance, or
Navy? | | I do not |
| 13. Have you ever served in the Army, Marines, Ordnance or Navy? ‡ |
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I have not |
I Henry Bolton do make Oath that the above Questions have been separately put
to me; that the Answers thereto have been read over to me; and that they are the
same that I gave, and are true.
I do also make Oath, that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His
Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, and that I will, as in duty bound, honestly
and faithfully defend His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, in Person, Crown,
and Dignity, against all Enemies, and will observe and obey all orders of His
Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, and of the Generals and Officers set over
me.
So help me God.
Witness my hand,
| Sworn before me at Flore this
twenty fourth day of
April One Thousand Eight Hundred and
thirty three | |
Henry X Bolton (Signature of Recruit)
George Tallent (Witness present) |
Signature of the Magistrate, K M R Tarpley
* The Recruit cannot be attested sooner than Twenty-four Hours, nor later
than Four Days after his Enlistment. 33d Clause of Mutiny Act
† The Magistrate is directed, in putting the 11th Question to the Recruit,
and before he receives his Answer, distinctly to apprize the Recruit, that if he
belongs to the Militia and denies the fact, he is liable to Six Months
Imprisonment.
‡ If so, the Recruit is to state the particulars of his former Service, and
the cause of his Discharge, and is to produce the Certificate of his Discharge,
if he has it with him.