strange burial register

[soden55]

Help needed please.

A friend sent me a copy of a page out of the burial registers of St Margarets Church Westmister Middlesex and I can't work out some parts.
The entry is for Thomas Soden age 25 burried on 29th Dec 1820, entry on page 101.

It has Thomas Soden and underneath what looks like G 1/2 D C 20. His abode looks like 2 Reg Hospital. Sorry but his entry is the faded one, and the writing is hard to read.

There are 2 others that have the same abode. And everybody on both pages has letters under their name, such as C Nil and C D S M 20 or G D C 20.

I think Thomas may have been in the army, but as I have next to no info on him, this is a guess.

Has anybody any ideas on what this could mean, appreciate any thoughts.

Louise

[Sue Mackay]

I have looked at the parish register page on FMP and can't see any abodes mentioned, so it may be a different page, but the letters may refer to sections of the burial ground.

[helachau]

I think it may be "2d" not "20" as opposed to "Nil" or no fee/charge?

[helachau]

Some entries appear to have "St Margaret's" in an abbreviated form included in the line of "code".

After browsing several pages reasonably sure it's "2d"

[helachau]

Jumped forward to 1833 and the following "codes" now appear

G 1/2 D C Y;
C Nil;
G D SM Y;
C1/2 D Y

[Kerrywood]

The codes are of two types. Some refer to the burial fee ('duty', 'half duty'), others to the ground where buried.

It has Thomas Soden and underneath what looks like G 1/2 D C 20. His abode looks like 2 Reg Hospital.

G 1/2 D C Yd = Great Half Duty, Chapel Yard
2d Reg. Hospital = 2nd Regimental Hospital = the military hospital nearby at Horse Guards, St James'

Jumped forward to 1833 and the following "codes" now appear
G 1/2 D C Y;
C Nil;
G D SM Y;
C1/2 D Y

Great Half Duty, Chapel Yard
Child Nil
Great Duty, St Margaret's Yard
Child 1/2 Duty, Yard

[helachau]

Kerrywood,
Thanks for the explanation. Started following up yesterday but got totally sidetracked (typical) by a lengthy article about London burials 17th/18th Century.

These "codes" disappear from the registers late 1836/early 1837.

[soden55]

Oh thank you so much for that explanation, there you go, I did not think of a duty or fee for burrial.
So I had thought Govt 1/2 discount as the 3 died in some sort of military hospital.
Thank you again.
Louise

[soden55]

Any idea where I might find further records or info on this military hospital.

Louise