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Army Reserve Man:Advice Please!
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Shazzlou | Report | 1 Mar 2010 20:12 |
In May 1882 my gt grandmother wed a labourer named Henry Jackson in South Dublin. He died aged 28 in Oct 1886 and occupation was given as Labourer/army reserve man. |
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Potty | Report | 2 Mar 2010 11:16 |
At that time Ireland was part of the UK and the only army records would be British ones. The National Archives have some records but without knowing which regiment he was in I think it would be difficult to trace. |
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Bren from Oldham | Report | 2 Mar 2010 15:54 |
The reason he was on the army reserve was because he had been a serving soldier but as his age on marriage was 22 it appears that he hadn't done his 12 years/21 years service in the army which he would have enlisted for. He could have been dischraged because he had been wounded |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 2 Mar 2010 16:35 |
If he left the Army 1883 onwards, you don't need to know his regiment to find any surviving discharge papers for him, but with a common name, you would need to know at least his birthplace to be able to identify him, unless his marriage details are given on his Army papers. If he left before 1883, then you would need to know whether he was in the cavalry or infantry etc, to search for his papers. |
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Shazzlou | Report | 4 Mar 2010 20:21 |
Would i have to go to archives to search? His family lived in South Dublin so i imagine he was born there. |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 4 Mar 2010 22:04 |
The records aren't online yet, so yes, you would need to go to Kew or get someone to go for you. |