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Biography:

1. List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229) recorded that Mr. Larby was employed as a Millman who earned 3/-d per day, in addition to which, he was allowed 6d per night when on duty. He was still a Millman on the 13th February 1814 (Supply 5/230) with the same rate of pay and additional 6d per night when on duty. 2. WO54/516 dated February 1816, stated that William was employed as an occasional Labourer earning 2/8d per day in the Engineers' Department and that he was first employed by the Department in September 1814. He was a 25-year-old married man with one child, who lived in Waltham Abbey.