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flaggysmob
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1st somerset militia
« on: Saturday 07 November 09 15:38 UTC (UK) »
Hi
does anyone have any info on the 1st Somerset militia between 1800 and 1805? one of my ancestors belonged to them before joining HMS Defence at Trafalgar in 1805.
many thanks
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Redroger
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 07 November 09 17:29 UTC (UK) »
Information on a variety of Somerset Militia units survives in the National Archives at Kew, if it is within visiting distance for you.There is also some information at the Somerset Record Office.
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Jo Harding
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 08 November 09 14:34 UTC (UK) »
Hello flaggysmob,

There is a book in my local library which details all the volunteer militia units in existence in 1805. It has some names of people who served with these. There are quite a few in Somerset.

What was the name of your ancestor who served with this please? I can check in the book to see if he is there.

Jo
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flaggysmob
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 08 November 09 16:48 UTC (UK) »
Hi jo
My ancestors name was Edward Flagg born around 1781 in Ditcheat in Somerset.
Any info you can find about him would be great
many thanks
Flaggysmob Smiley
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Jo Harding
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #4 on: Monday 09 November 09 17:34 UTC (UK) »
Hello again,

I had a look at the book this morning but no mention of your ancestor. It lists the militia in existence in 1805 but the people shown are officers only.

Jo
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 10 November 09 21:17 UTC (UK) »
Hi Jo
Thanks for looking
they never seem to show the normal people you all ways have to dig deeper to find them ( half the fun I guess) looks like I will have to see if I can get down to Kew and have a look at the national archives
Cheers
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 11 November 09 17:40 UTC (UK) »
That Flaggysmob is the way society was, and the way some people would like it to be again, a place for everthing and everything in its place! That attitude pervaded the military right through WW1, the British soldiers weren't even given identity disks, just expendable cannon fodder!
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Re: 1st somerset militia
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 11 November 09 20:34 UTC (UK) »
My own sentiments exactly.

It always strikes me when I look round graveyards, that, even in death there is inequality. The rich have their monuments which survive. The poor are lost without gravestone, or memorial.

Jo
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