Biography:
1. Peter Puddick was recorded in Supply 5/219 dated September, 1798, (List of Artificers, etc. and Volunteer Company Members) as a Cylinderman who was "new in Sussex" on the 1st June 1798, and obviously did not join the Waltham Volunteer Company.
2. Report dated the 8th May 1801 (Supply 5/221) recorded that he was working as a Labourer earning 1/6d per day, and was a married man with no children. Note: in this document, anyone who was not an Artificer was described as a Labourer.
3. A Return of Artificers and Labourers dated the 3rd November 1801 (Supply 5/221) confirmed that he was still employed as a Labourer at the Cylinder Houses in Sussex. The same document said that since the cylinder houses had been out of repair, Puddick had been employed in stacking timber in the yards and levelling and preparing the ground where the cylinders were to be resited.
4. According to the List of Foremen, Artificers and Labourers (Supply 5/224 dated the 30th January 1806), Mr. Puddock was employed as a Cylinder Man earning 2/-d. per day, and at that date, had 10 years' service.
5. A further List (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807) confirmed Mr. Puddick was still employed as a Cylinderman at 2/-d per day, and this was also the case at the 23rd August 1808 (Supply 5/227).
