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A '''Matross''' was the term for a private in a train of artillery (a gunner's mate). One of the soldiers who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and also sponging the guns to stop them overheating. "They carried flintlocks and marched with store wagons, acting as guards" <ref> ''A Tug on the Thread''  by Diana Quick pub. 2009 </ref>
A '''Matross''' was the lowest rank in the [[Artillery]] and the term for a [[Private]] in a train of artillery (a gunner's mate). One of the soldiers who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and also sponging the guns to stop them overheating. "They carried flintlocks and marched with store wagons, acting as guards" <ref> ''A Tug on the Thread''  by Diana Quick pub. 2009 </ref>


In India in the earlier years, approximately to 1800, only the term matross was used, while in later years, only the term gunner is used, with an intermediate period when both terms were used.
In muster rolls, Matross was generally the term used until about 1800 when the term [[Gunner]] also started to be used. The term matross discontinued in about 1820 and from then onwards only the term [[Gunner|gunner]] is used.
 
One of the meanings of  the term '''Classy''', or '''Clashy''' is Matross.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/hobsonjobsonbein00yuleuoft#page/223/mode/1up "Classy, Clashy"] page 223 ''Hobson-Jobson'' by Col.Henry Yule and AC Burnell. New edition edited by William Crooke 1903 Archive.org</ref>


==Historical books online==
==Historical books online==
*[http://archive.org/stream/hobsonjobsonbein00yuleuoft#page/562/mode/2up "Matross"] pages 562-563 ''Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian Dictionary'' by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke "New Edition" 1903 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/hobsonjobsonbein00yuleuoft#page/562/mode/2up "Matross"] pages 562-563 ''Hobson-Jobson: being a glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases, and of kindred terms; etymological, historical, geographical, and discursive'' by Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell. New edition edited by William Crooke 1903 Archive.org


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 7 October 2019

A Matross was the lowest rank in the Artillery and the term for a Private in a train of artillery (a gunner's mate). One of the soldiers who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and also sponging the guns to stop them overheating. "They carried flintlocks and marched with store wagons, acting as guards" [1]

In muster rolls, Matross was generally the term used until about 1800 when the term Gunner also started to be used. The term matross discontinued in about 1820 and from then onwards only the term gunner is used.

One of the meanings of the term Classy, or Clashy is Matross.[2]

Historical books online

  • "Matross" pages 562-563 Hobson-Jobson: being a glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases, and of kindred terms; etymological, historical, geographical, and discursive by Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell. New edition edited by William Crooke 1903 Archive.org

References

  1. A Tug on the Thread by Diana Quick pub. 2009
  2. "Classy, Clashy" page 223 Hobson-Jobson by Col.Henry Yule and AC Burnell. New edition edited by William Crooke 1903 Archive.org