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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #27 on: Thursday 27 July 17 11:53 BST (UK) »
That's a great find keyboard, as groom say's we can eliminate stuff  ::)  :)

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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #28 on: Thursday 27 July 17 12:08 BST (UK) »
Baptism:

George Poskitt 20th May 1825 Fishlake, Yorkshire.
Parents John Poskitt and Mary.   :-\

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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #29 on: Thursday 27 July 17 13:10 BST (UK) »
I wish we could find an army record as that might give more details, but I can't see one on FindMyPast or Ancestry.
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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #30 on: Thursday 27 July 17 13:40 BST (UK) »
Found this available on Fold3 - but not Queen's Guards....
Name:   George Poskett
Court or Trial Date:   19 Oct 1857
Court or Trial Place:   London
Regiment:   Grenr Gos
Reference Number:   WO 86/9

and the above may probably be this man
Name:   George Peskett
Pension Admission or Examination Age:   41
Birth Year:   abt 1834
Birth Place:   Beighton, Sussex
Pension Admission or Examination Date:   12 Oct 1875
Regiment:   Grenadier Guards
Rank:   Color Sergeant
Regimental Number:   7264

Name:   Color Sergeant George Peskett
Service End Year:   1875
Regiment:   2nd Battalion Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards
Regimental Number:   7264
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #31 on: Thursday 27 July 17 13:44 BST (UK) »
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Birth Place:   Beighton, Sussex

Don't think that's him as we know "our" man was born in Yorkshire and this one looks like Brighton, Sussex.
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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #32 on: Thursday 27 July 17 14:09 BST (UK) »
I wish we could find an army record as that might give more details, but I can't see one on FindMyPast or Ancestry.


I had a look last night and this morning on the internet for any kind of clue, but alas, nothing  :(

he's turning into a proper enigma is our George/Carter, as you say groom, the only thing we can be sure of is that he was born in Yorkshire.

Nice finds josey,  :) but as groom says, our man was from Yorkshire.

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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #33 on: Thursday 27 July 17 14:24 BST (UK) »
As far as I am aware, the Queens Guard and the Grenadier Guards are one and the same, I just wonder how/why a man born in Fishlake in Yorkshire where nearly everyone was born into farming or Agricultural labouring would find himself in the Guards.

Frank.

Edited to add:
Use your brains Frank, he most likely wanted to get away from labouring etc.
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« Reply #34 on: Thursday 27 July 17 14:41 BST (UK) »
Probably just a case of steady job, food, lodgings and adventure!
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Re: Missing Poskitt, any ideas?
« Reply #35 on: Thursday 27 July 17 14:48 BST (UK) »
It doesn't tell us anything else but there is a George PoskEtt on the Campaign medal and award rolls, service date 1854 - 1855:

George Poskett 6613, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards who was awarded the Crimea medal and the Sebastapol clasp, but no mention of the battle of Inkerman.

Yes, that makes sense groom, I suppose that's why a lot of men joined up, not a lot more for them to do.

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