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Robert Soper (c1833-?) Private nr.454, 1st Battalion, 60th Royal Rifles; 1858-63
: labourer b.Hannington, Kingsclere, Hampshire; 5ft 3in; fair complextion, grey eyes, brown hair, no marks
: Attested Basingstoke 26 Sep 1858, age 25 [so b.c1833]; Left age 30y 5m
: Served 4y 150d
: 1st good conduct pay 26 Mar 1861 [Apr 1861cen at Western Heights & Citadel, Dover, Kt]
: disability; subject to humeri the result of a fall into a hole while on furlough a month before rejoining his regiment; want of power to raize right arm. Not suited to more service unless this disability is cured, which is very doubtful. As an agricultural labourer shoulder injury would make livelyhood difficult; from medical at Tower, London, 22 Apr 1863
: Discharge approved 2 Jun 1863; unfit for furthur service; very good character; 1 good conduct badge; not in regimental defaulters book, no medal, no wounds
: Intended residence Basingstoke, Hants
Other Misc Notes
: ? a Robert bpt 26 Feb 1832, ag lab 1 of 12 children to Henry (c1789-?), Hannington, m.Charlotte Baggs, 1814, Kingsclere, Hants
: if this family, then not with them at Hannington, or vis '41cen
: '51cen Henry 61 ag lab at Hannington, Kingsclere; Charlotte 60; Charles 24unm ag labourer; Robert 19unm ag lab all b.Hannington Hants; scan
: '61cen Robert (c1833-?) Private 28 1st Battalion, 60th Royal Rifles, Western Heights & Citadel, Dover, at Hougham, Kent. b.Kingsclere, Hampshire, [997 other soldiers & their families] : Ancestry.com
: Robert Soper (c1832-1867) d.Jul>Sep 1867, Kingsclere RD, Hants, age 35 : [not vis '71/'81cen]