Born at Dodham, near Colchester, Essex, c.1837.
Enlisted at London on the 12th of July 1854.
Age: 17.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Brick-layer.
Features: Fair complexion. Blue eyes. Brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea from Brighton on the 20th of June 1855.
Discharged "to Kilmainham" from Dublin on the 12th of January 1857. Reason for discharge, has "Chronic Rheumatism".
Served 2 years 184 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year.
Conduct and character: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Granted a pension of 6d. per day for 9 months, "final".
To live in Camberwell, London.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
1861 Census
Warwick Road, Greenstead, Colchester.
William Nevard 42, Sawyer & wife Lydia, and 12 children.
William Jnr, 22, Sawyer & eldest sibling.
Next door lived John Angier 51, Sawyer, & wife Mary, with 3 children, the eldest being Mary Ann, 25.
Marriage registered
William Nevard and Mary Ann Angier, December Quarter 1861, Colchester.
1871 Census
Greenstead Road, Colchester.
William Nevard, 33, Sawyer, Greenstead.
Mary Ann, 35.
Two children shown: Rose, 4, and Charles W., 6 months.
1881 Census
Greenstead Rd, Greenstead, Essex.
The 1881 Census returns shows William Nevard, aged 42, no occupation listed, married to Mary Ann, 45. Two daughters — Rosina, 14, and Agnes, 7 — and a mother-in-law, Mary Angier, 74, are also recorded. [RM]
1891 Census
120, Greenstead Road, Greenstead, Colchester.
William Nevard, 52, Sawyer.
Mary Ann 55, Laundress.
One child is shown: Agnes Ellen, 17.
1901 Census
120, Greenstead Road, Greenstead, Colchester.
He is shown in 1901 as a "Wood Sawyer, aged 62, born and living in Colchester, still married to Mary Ann, 65. [RM]
Death registered
Mary Ann Nevard, 78, December Quarter 1914, Colchester.
Death registered
William Nevard, 70, March Quarter 1906, Colchester.
Registrations of deaths and marriage, and Census information for 1861, 1871 & 1891, kindly provided by Chris Poole.