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Yorkshire Day is drawing to a close at findmypast.co.uk, but we’ve got one more example to show you. So far, we’ve looked at the family history of a modern-day celebrity and found the unknown family of the Brontë sisters. Now it’s time to take a look at the life of an everyday hero, in the shape of John William Mansfield.
We found John William Mansfield’s incredibly detailed record in our Militia Service Records. At 30 pages long, it’s the largest record we’ve found in the collection so far.
Mansfield attested to the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1882 and saw regular service with the British Army until he was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1890. He later signed up with the Royal Eastern Reserve and finally the Royal Garrison Regiment, serving for a total of 15 years.
The service record provides us with a lot of detailed information about John William Mansfield and his life, much more than you could find out through other records such as censuses. This is just a selection of what Mansfield’s record reveals:
Mansfield’s life
A portion of Mansfield's service record - please click to enlarge
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A portion of Mansfield's service record - please click to enlarge
Have you found a more detailed record in the Militia Service Records? Let us know if you have!
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We found John William Mansfield’s incredibly detailed record in our Militia Service Records. At 30 pages long, it’s the largest record we’ve found in the collection so far.
Mansfield attested to the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1882 and saw regular service with the British Army until he was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1890. He later signed up with the Royal Eastern Reserve and finally the Royal Garrison Regiment, serving for a total of 15 years.
The service record provides us with a lot of detailed information about John William Mansfield and his life, much more than you could find out through other records such as censuses. This is just a selection of what Mansfield’s record reveals:
Mansfield’s life
- Born: Parish of Southcoates, near the town of Hull, Yorkshire
- Trade: Farm Servant
- Father: John Mansfield of 1 Beeton Street, Holderness Road, Hull
- Wife: Married Annie Elizabeth McNamara in Sculcoates, Yorkshire on 28th May 1892.
- Children: Beatrice, Elizabeth, Edith, Millicent and James
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- Height: 5 feet 6 3/8 inches
- Weight: 139 lbs
- Chest: 35 inches
- Complexion: Fresh
- Eyes: Blue
- Hair: Reddish
- Tattoos: Tombstone and two figures on front of chest, girl with open fan on right forearm, J.W.M. on left forearm
- Church of England
- Conduct: Efficient and active, very good
- Boils (9 days)
- Balanitis (4 days)
- Ague (17 days)
- Warts (8 days)
- Gonorrhoea (36 days)
- Malaria fever (7 days)
- Rheumatism (15 days)
- Sprained ankle (8 days)
- Absent without leave in 1883 – 36 days imprisonment
- Drunk on duty in 1889 – demoted from Corporal to Private
- Drunk on duty in 1902 – 42 days imprisonment with Hard Labour and fined £1.
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