REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO THE SUBJECT OF BOY ENLISTMENT
FROM INDUSTRIAL/REFORMATORY SCHOOLS
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RETURN OF BOYS enlisted to the Royal Artillery, by authority, from Industrial Schools in England – to illustrate quality of such boys
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FELTHAM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Feltham, Middlesex
| SURNAME | Given Name | Age at Enlistment | Height at Enlistment in Feet & Inches | Chest Measurements | Trade | Date of Enlistment |
| MORRIS | Sydney J.D. | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.4 &1/2" | 28" | Shoemaker; plays cornet | 27th July 1876 |
| BELLAMY | Frederick | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.6" | 27" | Shoemaker; plays baritone | 27th July 1876 |
| AUSTIN | Henry | 15yrs. | 4.8 &1/2" | 29" | Tailor; plays cornet | 27th July 1876 |
| LINTOLL | James | 14yrs. 9mths. | 4.6 &1/2" | 28" | Tailor; plays horn | 27th July 1876 |
| REEKS | Thomas | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.5" | 27" | Tailor; plays baritone | 27th July 1876 |
| BARKER | William | 15yrs. | 4.8 &1/2" | 28" | Carpenter; play cornet | 27th July 1876 |
| CLUNK | Alfred | 14yrs. 9mths. | 4.6 &1/2" | 27.1/4" | Tailor; plays trombone | 27th July 1876 |
| PRIOR | William | 15yrs. | 4.9 &1/2" | 29" | Bricklayer for Smith | 27th July 1876 |
| DIBBS | Charles | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.6 &1/2" | 28.1/2" | Painter | 27th July 1876 |
| SIMPSON | Henry | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.10" | 27.1/2" | Carpenter | 27th July 1876 |
| LINES | William | 15yrs. 6mths. | 4.10 &1/2" | 30.1/2" | Shoemaker | 27th July 1876 |
| JULIER | George | 15yrs. | 4.7" | 27" | Carpenter | 27th July 1876 |
| WOODS | George | 15yrs. | 4.8 &1/2" | 27" | Shoemaker | 27th July 1876 |
| BATHAM | H.J. | 14yrs. 9mths. | 4.9" | 27.1/2" | Engineer for Smith | 27th July 1876 |
| CLAYTON | William | 14yrs. 6mths. | 4.7 &1/2" | 27" | Shoemaker | 27th July 1876 |
| GANT | Henry | 15yrs. | 4.8" | 31" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |
| STUBBINGS | John | 15yrs. | 4.8" | 27.1/2" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |
| DRUMMOND | Joseph | 14yrs. | 4.7 &1/2" | 28" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |
| LEPLA | George | 14yrs. | 4.5 &1/2" | 27" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |
| BROWN | Henry | 15yrs. 4mths. | 4.8 &1/2" | 32" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |
| BISHOP | Daniel | 15yrs. 4mths. | 4.7 &1/4" | 29" | Tailor | 12th October 1876 |