In our family I think we have at least three brothers from Yorkshire who were with the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards from the 1840s. They were James, George and William Rider, from Holbeck near Leeds. I've also found a Frederick Rider, a Trooper, whom is a little younger and possibly he is related.
Army records from 1861 state that James (wife was Maria Dean, married at St Peters in Leeds) and George (married Sarah Oliver in Westminster) had been based at Hyde Park and Windsor. William (who married Catherine Hussey at Old Church, St Pancras) had died by then. Based on the marriage, baptism, census and birth records I've found so far that they moved around between Regents Park (St Pancras), Hyde Park (Knightsbridge) and New Windsor/Clewer.
Is there a good resource for baptisms for Berkshire? If they're on the "A" site that's fine and I can access that but not from home. For one brother in particular, William, who retired early with TB and died in 1860 I haven't yet found the baptisms for any of the children that I currently am aware of. There is a Berkshire born William Hussey Rider in the Birth Index that seems very likely to be his son (William's wife was Catherine Hussey). William Hussey Rider's life was very was short (less than 2 years), and it didn't span a census.
Thank you.