A look at army forms and attestation papers issued by the British Army since the 1700s. There is no particular order to the posts so use the ATTESTATION FORM INDEX in the right hand margin to find your way around.
Monday, 10 July 2017
Army Form WO.39 - Attestation
This particular example attestation paper dates to July 1874 and, in this case, was used for an attestation on the 12th June. This is a two-page document, the second page showing that this man served nearly seevn years in India. There are separate papers in this man's file which detail his militray history and statement of services.
Images are Crown Copyright, The National Archives.
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