Good day from the famous Siege town of Ladysmith in South Africa, For those interested in the Boer War and in particular the Siege of Ladysmith, I have added a...
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Ian Edwards
ian.edwards2@...
Dec 15, 1999 6:53 pm
Can anyone assist me with information on the activities of the 92nd Regiment of Highlanders between 1808 and 1816? I've traced one of my great-grandfathers to...
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Ian Edwards
ian.edwards2@...
Dec 16, 1999 7:21 pm
Iain, Thanks for the information on the 92nd Highlanders. My ggg-grandfather, Private David BLACK was wounded by grapeshot at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 with...
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john neill
johnn@...
Dec 20, 1999 1:50 pm
During the 8th Kaffir wars in 1852, the HM Paddle Steamer Birkenhead went aground in "Simons Bay" South Africa. In 1907 my great grandfather John McKie...
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Mike Young
mikesyoung@...
Dec 21, 1999 12:37 am
John, I have some details on the Birkenhead at http://www.lightinfantry.org/obli/birkenhead.htm it also includes links to other sites on the Birkenhead. Also...
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Mike Young
mikesyoung@...
Dec 21, 1999 12:44 am
John, for a passenger list of the HM Troopship BIRKENHEAD, wrecked on the rocks at Cape Agulhas, South Africa 26th February 1852 see ...
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Jamie Howson
jhowson1@...
Dec 24, 1999 4:44 pm
Hello I am looking for information on the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. My grandfather fought in World War II with the Highlanders. Since that time, both...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Dec 25, 1999 6:23 am
... Jamie, The answer, if it has survived, will be in the War Office (later Ministry of Defence) archives. The records of all officers and soldiers who joined...
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William Robertson
billy@...
Dec 27, 1999 11:44 pm
I would greatly appreciate any information on the 18th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry. My Great Uncle was a private in the battalion and was killed...
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Mike Young
mikesyoung@...
Dec 28, 1999 12:21 am
Bill, can't tell you much but the 18th went to France and Flanders on 1 Feb 1916. Absorbed "A" and "B" squadrons Royal Glasgow Yeomanry on 23 Sept 1917. In...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Dec 28, 1999 8:30 am
... Bill, In amplification of what Mike told you: The 18th (Service) Battalion (4th Glasgow), The Highland Light Infantry was raised in Glasgow on 26 Feb 1915...
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Harry Montgomery
harmont@...
Dec 28, 1999 9:48 pm
Anyone have any clues on which military units would have recruited in North of Scotland at beginning of war in 1759 and discharged men in Ireland in 1763...
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Mimi Malcolm
mimimalcolm@...
Dec 30, 1999 6:57 pm
I am looking for information about a James Malcolm, Scots Fusilier Guard, who is thought to be from Aberdeenshire. The only info I have on him comes from his...
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Julie Driver
driver@...
Dec 31, 1999 3:29 am
Looking for info on my ancestor William Ogilvie 1796-1850 who apparently served in the Old 42nd Highlanders at Waterloo. This was later the 1st Battalion of...
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Ian Kelly
iskbydand@...
Dec 31, 1999 6:20 am
Good Evening All and Happy New Year. . . Can anyone out there direct me to a solid summary of the origins of British interest in the Eastern Mediterranean,...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Dec 31, 1999 8:04 am
... Mimi, I am sending some suggestions as to where you may find records by a personal search. There will be very little accessible "on-line". Yours aye, Iain...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Dec 31, 1999 8:04 am
... Julie, The 42nd Highlanders, or The Black Watch, did not become known as the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch until the Cardwell reforms of the British Army ...
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Iain Ramsay
innellan@...
Jan 1, 2000 12:20 pm
Hello Group, This is my first listing. For many years I have been trying to discover the whereabouts of the archives of the Stirlingshire Militia. Can anyone...
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Mark McElligott
mark.mcelligott@...
Jan 3, 2000 11:11 pm
WHO WAS JAMES HYDE STEEDMAN? I am writing in the hope that someone may be able to help me unravel a small family mystery dating back to WW1. In short, I want...
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Mark McElligott
mark.mcelligott@...
Jan 3, 2000 11:14 pm
Could anyone please explain what letters in front of an individual's regimental service number mean?. My wife's great uncle, Peter Ramage, served in the...
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Forrest Anderson
maaf11@...
Jan 5, 2000 3:02 am
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:18:26 -0800, "Mark McElligott" ... The subject of numbering is a complicated one, and the meaning of a prefix in one regiment may mean...
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Richard Sands
richard.sands@...
Jan 5, 2000 6:58 pm
Can anyone tell me if there were any Scottish Regiments Stationed on Malta perhaps as a defence force early 1943. I know that Malta was used as a staging post...
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ddennis
ddennis@...
Jan 8, 2000 5:40 pm
Dear Folks: Can you advise me of anyone having a particular interest in, or who has done research into James MacPherson's 42nd Regiment of Foote, recruited in...
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T.F. Mills
military-lists@...
Jan 8, 2000 9:14 pm
... Ian, this is a very general question of a nature better suited to some basic reading on the British Empire in the local library. In a nutshell, Britain's...
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T.F. Mills
military-lists@...
Jan 8, 2000 9:20 pm
... I don't recall if anybody already answered this -- my apologies if they did. What few Militia records survive are usually in county and regimental archives...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Jan 9, 2000 7:50 am
... Jim, Are you referring to The 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Royal Highlanders) also known as the Black Watch or the 'The Grand Auld Forty Twa'? Or was this...
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TeeHistory@...
Jan 11, 2000 2:09 pm
I am interested in verifying a family story that 7 brothers of the Teesdale family were in the Black Watch, possibly at one time. I Have no further ...
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Ian Edwards
ian.edwards2@...
Jan 11, 2000 10:11 pm
The Public Records Office at Kew, London would be the best place to start, but it would be easier if you have a rough idea which period you have in mind. They...
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Steve Theaker
stheaker@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:04 pm
A number of men from the Seaforth Highlanders were involved in a mutiny at Salerno. Does anyone have the names of the men involved. (Family interest)...
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Iain Kerr
iainkerr@...
Jan 14, 2000 7:02 am
... Steve, I do not know if a listing exists as such. But the following copy of an article in The Times of 3 December 1999 may help. It might be worth buying...
