thomas terry

[shela]

hello, can anybody please tell me  what this means,  Thomas Terry 1st batt Malta town major army 1870. thank you

[ShaunJ]

What is the context of the reference?

Stephanie Bidmead's Malta genealogy site has this marriage: 

"HURTER, Amelia Marianna, daughter of J.Christopher Hurter, merchant, married 1st October 1827 to

TERRY, Thomas or Robert, Town Major, Army."

http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/chaplains.htm

Major Robert Terry is listed as Town Adjutant in Malta in this 1827 Army List http://tinyurl.com/oxfhx6k

Per his 1869 obituary, Robert Terry left two sons, both captains in the army (9th and 25th foot)

[hanes teulu]

Google Books - A list of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of the Royal Marines

1827 - Garrisons &c
MALTA
Town Adjutant  Major Robert Terry       per diem 0 5 0  Date of Appointment 18 Aug 1825

The Times Nov 20 1826
"Major Terry, Town Major at Malta"

[shela]

thank you both for getting back to me, but I think he is not the right man . the one im looking for is Thomas Terry and its his son-in law Daniel Kennedy who was a prison warder in Malta in1891 that im trying to find. thanks for your time 

[ShaunJ]

Where does the "1st batt Malta town major army 1870" bit come from?

[km1971]

According to the 1867 Army List Lt Colonel B C Mitford (unattached) is Town Major in Malta. The 1871 list does not list a Town Major. One concern is that I have checked a few Army Lists from the 1860s and an officer called Thomas Terry is not listed. You would expect him to be listed if he was to make Town Major by 1870. But you need to find a 1870 list.

1st Battalion is incorrect in your information as the Town Major was on the Governor/Commander in Chief's staff, so were not part of a regiment.

Ken

[shela]

thank- you I did think it was the wrong man, but I can not find any thing on Daniel Kennedy and I know he was there as a prison warder in 1891

[hanes teulu]

Clearly different men when referring to a "Terry" in the early 1820s and a "Terry" iin the 1870s.

However, you originally asked ".... what this means, Thomas Terry 1st Batt Malta Town Major". My response was attempting to explain the Town Major aspect.

[hanes teulu]

Re "Lt Colonel B C Mitford", several newspapers reported March 1870 under the heading "Brevet"-

"Major and Brevet Colonel Bertam C Mitford, retired upon full pay, from half pay late of the 11th Foot, and Town Major Malta, to have honorary rank of Colonel"