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•898.4 the London Gazette, Decembek 30, 1902 •898.4 THE LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBEK 30, 1902. Name. Rank. Regiment, &c. Amount. £ *. d. Kelly, .E Private »• 3rd Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment 7 19 10 Kelly, M... ' .. Lance-Corporal . 1st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment 43 10 3 Lawson, H. Private 1 st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment 9 11 5 Lear, Harry Corporal 3rd Battalion East Kent Regiment 4 12 2 McBride, J. Gunner .. .. Mountain Division R.G.A. 7165 McClaren, J Private 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 12 11 0 McPolland, James Private 4th Battalion Scottish Rifles 6 17 5 Mahoney, C. ' . Private 4th Battalion East Surrey Regiment 477 Minogue, M. In-Pensioner Late 60th Regiment . 044 Munro, James Private Royal Scots Regiment 8 11 5 Myles, Edward R. Private ^Dorsetshire Regiment ... ... 1 14 1 O'Hara, John Private 3rd Battalion Royal Scots Regiment . 974 Palmer, J. .Private 4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regt.. 856 Provan, J. .In-Pensioner Late 6th Dragoons . 0 17 1 Ratcliffe, A Private Royal Canadian Dragoons 20 6 10 Raven, Frederick Private 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regt. 11 11 11 Regan, J. Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 16 5 6 Robinson, J. Private 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers . 937 Sexton, P. Private 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment 27 15 11 Sladen, Samuel In-Pensioner Late Royal Artillery 051 Slater, G Sergeant 3rd Battalion Durham Light Infantry . 23 17 4 Smith, Frank Private 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment . 18 10 2 Smith, J Private . 2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry 7 19 3 Smith, John Private . 1st Battalion Royal Scots Reserve Regt. 11 12 8 Spencer, A Private 3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers . 10 10 3 Stanton, J. Private 3rd Battalion Durham Light Infantry . 23 13 1 Stunnan, Alfred. Corporal . 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 40 14 4 Wagstaff, Thomas In-Pensioner Late 5th Regiment 028 Ward, A. Private 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment . 8 17 6 Weston, C. J. G Private City Imperial Volunteers 14 13 6 White, H. T. Private 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment 14 14 2 Whiteley, John Gunner Royal Field Artillery ' . 3 11 4 Williams, E. Private . 3rd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 8 11 9 Williams, J. Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2 0 ;0 Williams, T. Private 3rd Battalion East Kent Regiment 12 0 10 RE-PUBLICATION of List CCCXXXVIII of the Names of Soldiers deceased since 1865 whose Personal Estate is held by the Secretary of State for War for distribution amongst the Next of Kin or others entitled.—Effects 1900-1901. Name. Rank. Regiment, &c. Amount. £ a. d. Adams, Albert Driver Army Service Corps . 868 Balance, M Private Details Royal Irish Regiment 557 Booker, William. Private 1st Battalion Royal Home Counties 11 10 2 Reserve Regiment Brown, Thomas Private . .Details Royal Welsh Fusiliers 087 Clarke, W Sergeant 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry 19 2 8 Cox, John Private . 3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry 016 Edwards, A Private 16th Lancers 24 18 0 Evans, E. Private 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment . 0 15 8 Gould, W. C. " Private . 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment . , 16 17 2 Hayball, J Private Somersetshire Light Infantry 117 Hutchings, H. J. Private . Royal Munster Fusiliers 097.
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