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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Patrick Reardon
« on: Tuesday 09 April 13 16:07 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find more information on someone I am researching. I have recently obtained some Royal Artillery service records for a John Reardon. On one part of the records, he lists his next on kin as a Patrick Reardon, listed as a "Pensioner, RA, Guernsey C. I.". I am pretty certain RA refers to Royal Artillery, as John was born in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), where I believe Patrick was serving at the time.

I cannot find any records for a Patrick Reardon being in Guernsey at all. This is most likely going to be between the time of 1894 and 1907 (John's military service), but Guernsey could have been the Reardon's home before going to Ceylon. If anyone can find anything, that would be helpful. The family may be of Irish descent.

Thanks.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Deciphering Royal Artillery army records
« on: Tuesday 09 April 13 15:55 BST (UK)  »
I've just managed to track down some army records for someone I'm researching, who was in the Royal Garrison Artillery from 1894 to 1907. I am having a little trouble deciphering what the records show - sometimes I can't actually read the writing, other times I can but am now sure what the meaning is.

The person in question is John Reardon, born in December 1869 in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He joined in 1894 aged just 14. He married his wife Mary Ann "Polly" Ball in 1897 in Sheffield. They had a daughter, Norah, who was born in 1900 in Leith, Scotland. By 1901, they were living in the barracks in Scarborough, Yorkshire. By 1911, they were settled in Gosport, Hampshire, where John was teaching at the nearby military school at Fort Rowner.

I've managed to work out that he was at "Home" for nearly 6 years before going to India. I am not sure where exactly home was for him, as he was born in Ceylon. Listed in his service records as his next-of-kin is his father Patrick who a pensioner living in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Perhaps this was "home".

I have also noted that he was given a trial and imprisoned for a number of days. I don't know what for, though. He had also gone AWOL on at least one occasion.

If anyone can help decipher anything else about the records shown below, it would help greatly.

http://www.nmcmahon.co.uk/John%20Reardon%201.jpg
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