Entry in The Great Western Railway Company’s clerks register showing that Arthur at 16 years of age on 21 July 1869 entered the Passengers Department at Paddington. His starting salary was £20 rising to £30 in July 1870, £40 in July 1871 and £50 in July 1872. His ‘date and cause of leaving the Company’s service’ was “Resigned 11th July 1873”
Entry showing that Arthur joined the Audit Department on 16 July 1869 at a starting salary of £20 that was increased to £30 on 21 July 1870. The comment in the far right column is “Transferred to Lad Clerks Register folio 164”
Lads Clerk register repeating information on starting date, salary and resignation given in top image
The 1871 census shows Arthur lodging with labourer Robert Turner and his family at 6, Heath Cottages, Boston Road, Hanwell, about six miles west of Paddington. Arthur gave his birthplace as Blandford rather than Iwerne in Dorset (though these two towns are only about 6 miles apart) .
