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I'm hoping someone can please help with locating the full military record for Edmund DRAKE born 1831 in Jersey, Channel Islands. Edmund died about Mar 1922 in Cardiff, Wales.

He apparently served in the Royal Navy enlisting when he was about 17 years old. I managed to find a record saying he was aboard the HMS Impregnable about 1849 and his military number on this record is 371199. I then went to the UK National Archives and have tried several ways to find his record with this number but no luck.

Appreciate any help you can give with this and if you need more info regarding Edmund's marriages, etc please let me know.

Regards
Tracy
New Zealand

Sorry, can't find any military record for him on Findmypast website but this is the reference for his death certificate:-

First name(s) EDMUND
Last name DRAKE
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1831
Age 91
Death quarter 1
Death year 1922
District CARDIFF
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A
Page 707

Kath. x

Thanks Kath :-)

There is a record of a medal on ancestry, he was serving aboard Spartan and signed for his medal 7/11/1865 - Rank "Ord"

Edmd Drake
Medal or Award:China Medal
Service Year:1856-1860
Service Location:China
Campaign or Service:Second China War
Ship Name:Spartan

I'll PM you a copy of the image,

From national archives, you can download the record for £3.30:


Name Drake, Edmund
Place of Birth: Jersey
Continuous Service Number: 6248
Date of Volunteering: 14 October 1853
Date of Birth:05 October 1831

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7532014

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7924341

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6618100

2 more records for him, all with same dob. The top one is him re-enlisting in 1866, the second appears to be dated 1874.

Thanks so much for your help Flip :-)

Tracy, you're welcome. Just a little tip when searching National archives, service numbers can change so you have probably been too specific. All I did was search for his name, then on the left of the screen you can narrow down the search to what branch of military you want - you can also narrow down by date ranges (Which I didn't do as there weren't many to check through). Take a look and try again - and I think you'll find the records as I did.

This is the main page to start your search:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

At the top right in the search box enter the name and from the drop-down box select search our records, then follow the instructions above!

Good luck :-D

Awesome!!! Appreciate your help ;-)