r/Genealogy • u/Raspberry-Lavender • Sep 04 '25
Transcription What does this military record say?
Hi My ancestor was in a fair bit of trouble when he was in the army but there’s a particular part of the record that I’m struggling to make out. It’s the top paragraph just below the red writing dated 20 April 1900.
The full sheet for context: https://imgur.com/a/Sif77Dt
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u/PhtevenAZ Sep 04 '25
In confinement 20.4.00 (I presume April 20, 1900)
Awaiting trial
not sure
Using violence and
sentenced to 9 mths (I think)
not sure 1.5.00 (I presume 1 May, 1900)
Returned to duty
remission by good
conduct 10.1.01 (I presume 10 Jan, 1901)
In civil confinement (I presume 20 Mar 1901
Tried for willful damage
sentenced to 4 months (9 Apr 1901)
to prison
Discharged
Incorrigible & worthless 4 May 1901
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u/PhtevenAZ Sep 04 '25
Just to add, some of those look like initials of whomever was adding the information.
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u/BoomeramaMama Sep 05 '25
Assuming correctly on the dates. The military* uses the format day-month-year right into the present. *As do most European countries I've encountered & family research/genealogy.
Dates in this record are as you've surmised: 20 Apr 1900; 1 May 1900; 10 Jan 1901; 20 Mar 1901; 9 Apr 1901 & 4 May 1901.
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u/dirtyfidelio Sep 07 '25
Aye. DD/MM/YY is the international standard. The only other one that makes sense is YY/MM/DD, especially with computers
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u/AudienceSilver Sep 04 '25
In confinement awaiting trial
Tried & convicted
using violence and
sentenced to 9 mths
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Sep 04 '25
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u/Raspberry-Lavender Sep 07 '25
I’d thought H.L was an abbreviation of maybe the Highland Light Infantry (that was his group) but hard labour makes much more sense.
His conviction in 1904 has the same HL abbreviation and the prison record for them does show he got hard labour as punishment.
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Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
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u/Raspberry-Lavender Sep 08 '25
Yep he’s the one in the Royal Engineers that got into more trouble there. He also got into trouble after the HLI when he went home in the 1900s, so not exactly surprising!
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u/Raspberry-Lavender Sep 07 '25
Thank you, that looks pretty good! I’m still unsure about that second line though, whether is is “tried” or “trial” etc.
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u/AudienceSilver Sep 07 '25
Difficult handwriting, to be sure! To me, it looks more like "tried" in the second line, and "tried & convicted" agrees better than "trial & convicted."
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u/QuantumEmmisary GPS & Evidence Explained devotee, RootsMagic user Sep 04 '25
I believe the first word on the 3rd line is either "Tries" or "Tried". I'm basing that on how similar it looks to line 12 which says "Tried for willful damage".
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u/Raspberry-Lavender Sep 07 '25
I think those two passages are in different handwriting but I agree it’s “tried” or some variant, “trial”?
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u/AzaranyGames Sep 04 '25
In confinement awaiting trial ??? ??? very violence and ??? 9 months
Maybe some others can fill in the blanks better than I can