Samuel Richmond's Occupation

[deeiluka]

They were, Charlotte......   

[charlotteCH]

Have you tried to get his Attestation Papers? 
They are stunning in the amount of info they provide...

charlotte

[deeiluka]

Hadn't thought of that.

Where to start? 

I did have this thread about him some time ago.....

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,288284.0.html

Is that the information that could be available from the Archives?

[charlotteCH]

Dee, The Attestation Papers are held at Kew- at least that where the originals of those I  have are.

The one thing you need to know to get hold of them is the Regiment he was in.   Someone arranged to have the one I wanted copied- it involved photographas it was fragile.  It came out marvellously.

I've no idea how much it cost so it would come down to how important the info on it would be to you.   In my case, it was  my2Xgreatgradfather who I'd been hunting for years, so worth the money.
charlotte

[deeiluka]

As I'm searching for a friend, Charlotte, I'm not sure if she would be able to spend too much on getting the papers. But maybe I can make a few more enquiries and see.   


Dee

[charlotteCH]

Dee, Sorry ... I didn't answer your question

I don't know that the militia would have such attestation papers- my man was in a Regiment of the Line after having been in WRY militia. The Papers mention his  militia service  but only in so far as it preceeds  his army service. The Papers listed in detail his army service and where he was wounded and how he cam to be a Chelsea Out Pensioner... It gave date of enlistment, descript of his physical  appearance etc.


To get the copy of the Papers someone had to go the Kew and find them then apy to have them photpgraphed and mailed 0ut.  They would only mail them to a UK address- this was c. 1995- things may have changed since then.

Kew would probably search for the Papers but for a fee...so it depends how pivotal they are.


Pity we can't just pop across to Kew for a week

charlotte

[deeiluka]

A week at least, Charlotte. Wouldn't that be marvellous?

We believe that Mathew Adams was a pensioner.

However, I've spent some time on
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
this morning , and maybe....just maybe.... if we are patient, the records will be digitised.   


Dee

[charlotteCH]

Dee, by "pensioner" I assume you mean a Chelsea Out pensioner?

Yes?

charlotte

[deeiluka]

Yes, Charlotte......I can't recall where we found that, as I have handed on most of what I found to my friend. I'll have to ask her when I am next in contact.

I've just remembered.....it was recorded on his death certificate!