Peter Huddlestone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miltary Service: Between 1841 and 1855; Private in Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot
• Occupation: Aft 1855; Pensioner after discharge due to Wounds
• Residence: 1881, Prospect Place, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1891, 23, Snow Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1894, Storer's Almshouses, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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Peter Huddleston is the subject of a War Office army record WO97/1445

Case 4094 H.M. Leicestershire Regt of Infantry Limerick 12th Sept 1855
Discharge of 1691 Peter Huddlestone, labourer b. Wymondham
Height 5' 5? " ; Hair dark brown; Eyes dark brown; complexion fresh;
Enlisted on 11th February 1841 at 3 'o' Clock PM by Private Jack Stafford 17th Foot for a bounty of ?3/17/6
(signs with his mark)
Attested for 17th Regt of Foot at Leicester 12th February 1841 age 18 6/12 years (b.1822)
Joined at Chatham 24th February 1841, approved 24th February 1841
Served abroad in the East Indies from 7th July 1841 to Jan? 1847, 6 1/12 years
Discharged for being " unfit for further service " - his general character is good
Details of Service:- 17th Foot
Private 12th Sept 1841 to 12th Sept 1855, served 14 years 213 days
Entitled to wear the Distinguished Mark with Good Conduct Pay attached from 12 Feb 1846 although this was removed and reinstated on several occasions.
Finally discharged at Chatham 23rd October 1855, 41 days later, bringing his pensionable service to 14years 254 days.
Rendered unfit for service through ---?, giddiness, vertigo and impaired vision, the result of a gunshot wound to the right temple producing a fracture of the frontal and temporal bones, which occurred on 17th of February in the trenches?

Extraction by Eric Bird
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Peter married Sarah UNKNOWN about 1855. Sarah was born in 1835 in Galway, Ireland; died in Aug 1909 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 18 Aug 1909 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School Mistress

Mary married James Henry Normanton on 8 Feb 1877 in Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. James was born in 1848 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Painter
• Baptism: 14 Dec 1856, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: Between 1884 and 1887, Prospect Place, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: Between 1888 and 1892, 3, Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: Between 1893 and 1905, 26, King Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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1911 UK Census

HUDDLESTON, John Henry Head Married M 54 1857 House Painter And Paper Hanger Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, Elizabeth Mary Wife Married 29 years F 52 1859 Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, John Ernest Son Single M 26 1885 House Painter And Paper Hanger Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, Margaret Scott Daughter Single F 24 1887 Clerk In Boot Factory Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, Sydney Son Single M 20 1891 Plumbers Apprentice Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, John Henry Son Single M 15 1896 Plumbers Clerk Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, Ivy May Daughter F 10 1901 School Leicester Melton Mowbray

HUDDLESTON, Charles Leslie Son M 7 1904 School Leicester Melton Mowbray
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John married Elizabeth Mary Preistman on 30 Aug 1882 in Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Scott Preistman and Hannah UNKNOWN) was born in 1859 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 14 Nov 1858, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 19 Oct 1860, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Occupation: 1881; Pupil Teacher

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• Occupation: 1881; Housemaid at the Vicarage Burton St.

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• Residence at marriage: 224 Pownall Green, Branhall, Cheshire, England
• Age at Marriage: 22 (Spin)
• Occupation: Teacher
• Baptism: 2 Mar 1884, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

Cecelia married Percy Arthur Roe Lymbery on 8 Aug 1906 in Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Percy was born in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Ernest Huddleston
• Baptism: 19 Apr 1885, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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Name:
Droppen the e after 1900 after 1901 pp Celia Yardley

John married Ethel Hough in 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Apr 1887, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 2 Apr 1889, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 24 May 1891, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 28 May 1893, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 31 Jan 1896, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 6 Jul 1900, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 27 Sep 1903, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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• Baptism: 10 Dec 1905, Saint Mary the Virgin, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England