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[km1971]

Hi Cath

There is a list. It is the muster roll and paylist. They are in Kew. However I have a few for the 41st Regiment and can tell you he was Thomas Hughes.

I have:

= Q1 1834 - 168 Colour Sergeant Thomas Hughes with the 41st Foot in ?, India
= Q2 1840 - 148 QMS Thomas Hughes with the 41st Foot at Belguam, India

I think he is 168 as there is a Private with the number 148.

That is all I have. They returned to England a few years later, but he is not listed. So he may have transferred to another regiment in order to stay in India. Or he may have died, or been discharged.

Ken

[km1971]

Hi Cath

Eureka - http://www.findmypast.co.uk/army-service-records-show-image.action?sdrfnbr=970572026

Born Tullow*, Carlow in 1798. He was 148 after all. Regimental numbers were introduced in the late 1820s. He would have been the 148th longest serving 'other rank' at that time.

* FindMyPast have it as Tullon

Ken

[fatbuster]

Thankyou so much Trevor and Ken you have made my day ,I didnt think I would find out where he came from ,I couldnt have done that in a thousand years ,I do appreciate what you both have done.cath

[km1971]

Happy Mother's Day - if appropriate.

Another example of why you should always revisit 'lost causes'. By the way I took the image of the muster that gives his details a few days after your post in 2009. But then you were looking for a Sgt J Hughes, not QMS Thomas Hughes.

Ken

[fatbuster]

it is appropriate thankyou  ,was it all the years ago I started ,looking how time flies.cath

[t mo]

and from me happy mothers day  as well it,s all fitted together nicely I should say .
very best wishes
trevor

[fatbuster]

yes it has ,I have printed off his service record ,so I have a bit of Irish in me ,a bit of English and Welsh ,and it is all down to you Trevor and Ken,as I would never have solved it ,thanks again cath