Sackett, H W.
List of Discharged Men:
Netley, 22 Sep 1885, medically unfit for further service: Sackett, H W, regt'l no 26357, Gunner, R A, attested 22 Aug 1876.
Attestation:
Joined at Woolwich, 28 Aug 1876, for 12 yrs, Henry William Sackett, b. St George in the East, London, age 18, labourer, enlisted for Royal Artillery, at London, 21 Aug 1876.
Description:
18 yrs, 5' 6½", complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown, upper front teeth decayed, CofE, passed fit 22 Aug 1876, service abroad, Cape of Good Hope from 1 Sep 1882 to 1 Nov 1883, Mauritius from 2 Nov 1883. Nok father Eli, George St, Poplar, Middlesex.
Statement of services:
26357 RA, 2 dep Bde, attested, Gunner, 22 Aug 1876 to 31 Oct 1876, 71 days; 14 Bgde became 3 Bde, transferred, Gunner, 1 Nov 1876 to 30 Jun 1877, 242 days, 1 Jul 1877 to 15 Jun 1878, 350 days, awaiting trial, 16 Jun 1878 to 18 Jun 1878, tried & imprisoned, 19 Jun 1878 to 2 Jul 1878; Gunner, 3 Jul 1878 to 14 Feb 1880, 1 yr 227 days; 7 Bde, transferred, Gunner, 15 Feb 1880 to 30 Jun 1881, 1 yr 136 days; continued, Gunner, 1 Jul 1881 to 31 Mar 1882, 274 days; became 1st Bde Westn Divn, 1 Apr 1882 to 21 Aug 1882, 143 days; Gunner, 22 Aug 1882 to 30 Jun 1885, 2 yrs 313 days; service reassessed in accordance with Sec 192(5) Army Act of 1881, 17 days; Gunner, 1 Jul 1885 to 18 Aug 1885, 49 days; Totals, service 8 yrs 362 days, pension 8 yrs 345 days.
Military history:
Home, 22 Aug 1876 to 31 Aug 1882, 6 yrs 10 days; Cape of G. Hope, 1 Sep 1882 to 1 Nov 1883, 1 yr 62 days; Mauritius, 2 Nov 1883 to 3 Aug 1885, 1 yr 275 days; Home, 24 Aug 1885 to 22 Sep 1885, 50 days. NOK, father, Eli, George St, Poplar, Middlesex. Course of instruction, Gunnery, Woolwich, 18 Jun 1881.
Education 3rd class. Character on discharge, Bad. Discharge, at Netley. Cause, medically unfit for further service. Intended residence, 29 Prusum Street, Wapping, London, E.
Medical history:
Enlisted 21 Aug 1876 at London, b. St Georges, London, age 18, labourer, ht 66½in, wt 145lbs, chest 35½in, physical development good, upper front teeth decayed. Habits/conduct, regular, good, temperate; irregular, bad, intemperate, 10 Jul 1882; irregular, bad, intemperate, 20 Jun 1885. Woolwich arrived 26 Aug 1876, hospital 4 Sep 1876 to 6 Sep 1876, tonsillitis, 2 days. Dublin arrived 25 Oct 1876, hospital 6 Feb 1877 to 9 Feb 1877, dyspepsia, 4 days. Plymouth arrived 2 Feb 1880, hospital 2 Aug 1881 to 6 Aug 1881, itch, 4 days; hospital 25 Aug 1881 to 1 Sep 1881, eczema, 7 days. Cape Town arrived 22 Sep 1882, hospital 20 Oct 1882 to 1 Nov 1882, rheum, 13 days; hospital 7 Jul 1883 to 16 Jul 1883, neuralgia. Mauritius arrived 17 Nov 1883, hospital 4 Feb 1884 to 14 Feb 1884, ague; hospital 4 May 1885 to 26 Jun 1885, mania; appeared before Medical Board and recommended for change to England, 23 Jun 1885. Netley arrived 2 Aug 1885, hospital 3 Aug 1885, mania.
Abstract from "British Army Service Records, 1760–1915," digital image, FindMyPast (http://findmypast.co.uk).