Biography:
1. William Blenkings started work as a Labourer in the Engineers' Department "occasionally as the Service requires" on the 5th October 1809. He was not brought up to any trade (WO54/516 dated the 19th February 1816)
2. In 1812, Mr. Blenkings was employed as a casual Bricklayer earning 2/8d per day for a six-day-week (WO54/512 dated September, 1812).
2. WO54/516 dated February 1816, recorded that he was employed as a casual Labourer earning 2/8d per day in the Engineers' Department. At that date he was a 31-year-old bachelor living in Waltham Abbey.