Biography:
1. Joseph Elliott was appointed as a Labourer on the 27th August 1829 at the rate of 2/2d per day for 313 days, giving him annual pay of £33.18.2d. He was a single man of 22 who was not brought up to any trade (WO54/570 dated the1st April 1830).
2. Return WO54/570 dated the 1st October 1830 confirmed that Joseph was still working as a Labourer; his family details and pay remained unchanged, but his length of service and age were updated.
3. A Return of Persons belonging to the Civil Establishment of the Ordnance at the Gunpowder and Small Arms Manufactories at Waltham Abbey, Faversham and Enfield - showing in detail the several points of information called for by the Master General and Board's Order dated the 31st January 1831 - recorded that Joseph was one of the 15 Labourers to be employed at Waltham Abbey Powder Mills and the Enfield Small Arms Factory. He was paid 2/2d per day and undertook different services as a Labourer in the Manufactories, where steadiness and sobriety were particuliary required (WO54/575).
4. WO54/575 dated the 1st April 1831, updated his age and period of service in the October 1830 Return, with all other details remaining unchanged.
5. WO54/575 dated October 1831, confirmed that Joseph still earned 2/2d per day as indicated previously, giving him a total of £33.18.2d per annum. He had then served 2 years, and was nearly 24 years' old.
6. WO54/587 dated the 1st October 1833, gave the same basic details as before but updated his age and length of service. He was married without children.
7. WO54/593 dated 1st April 1834 confirmed that Joseph still earned £33.18.2d per annum, that he had served nearly 5 years, and that his age was 26.
