Further information
Follow up: The entry for Charles Coffey implies JC was married. To whom, when, where? Where was his wife at this time? Had she gone with the regiment to the Crimea? Had she died in the meanwhile? Or was she simply unable to take care of her child(ren)?
Why were there so many Crimean orphans in Chardstock?
See also 682, David Pease, 17th Lancers
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Chardstock Industrial School (pdf)
- A listing of those orphans attending the Industrial School who were relieved through the Prince Albert's Patriotic Fund produced in 1860.
- An article about the Industrial School which appeared in the Taunton Courier & Western Advertiser 31st October 1855.
- A Report by H M Inspector of Schools as published in the Dorset County Chronicle 31st December 1857.
- An article about St. Andrew's College and Industrial School published in The Illustrated London News in July 1861.
Chardstock Historical Record Group Web Museum
Chardstock Industrial School (pdf)
Discussion about the "Royal Victoria School in Barnet, a home for orphans of the Crimean War".