Biography:
1. George Woodbridge was a Carpenter 2nd class in the Engineers' Department, who was paid £1.8s.4d for work carried out by them in the Manufactory between the 15th and 21st July 1809.
2. He was appointed as a Cooper by September 1810 with pay of 2/6d per day, but not allowed to watch (Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810).
3. Woodbridge was still employed as a Cooper in August 1812, but by then his pay had risen to 4/6d per day (Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812). The same pay and conditions applied on the 13th February 1814 according to Supply 5/230.