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Royal Engineer Muster List

A muster list document with text written in black and red ink that lists rank, company, remarks on muster, rate of pay, number of days in lieu of beer and other comments.

 

Courtesy of the National Archives of the UK, WO11-163.

 

This muster list records Philip Jackman’s Royal Engineer trade as sawyer. As a sawyer, Jackman would saw timber, which would have been instrumental for clearing land for trails, roads, and settlements.