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Date	Original Topic
19th April 2003	how much did a private get paid? By joe W. exactly as the title- how much did a private get paid? I J. Walters
Date	Replies
19th April 2003	Martin Everett Dear Joe, In 1879 a private's pay was one shilling a day or 5p per day in today's money.
21st April 2003	Joe Thanks a bunch Martin!
22nd April 2003	glynne Joe and that was before deductions for food and soap etc.