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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Weeley -Royal Wagon Train
« on: Sunday 27 July 14 20:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi Looking2.
Sorry no,the info that I have to date is about the same as yourself,now I know you are looking I will keep you up to speed If I come across anything.
Good luck
MB

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Essex / Re: Weeley Barracks
« on: Tuesday 02 October 12 22:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Helvissa
Nice to see that there is someone else with an interest in Weeley Barracks.Like you I have been transcribing the parish records. My interest being the men who were stationed there and of course their families.As you say many of the regiments at the barracks came from Scotland however what is not generally known is that many of the men came from quite obscure miitiia regiments.I have recorded such units as the Luss and Row Volunteers,The Caithness Legion, Dunblane Volunteers and the Ross and Cromarty Rangers to name but a few.I am not saying that these units were at the barracks however men from the  units were, it is believed the barracks served as a training depot for men from the militia volunteering for service in line regiments.Proof of this are buttons found on the site over the past 30 years.English regiments and Irish were also present at various times during the life time of the barracks 1803-1820
I have a large file on the barracks and am willing help anyone researching the site.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Football/Falkirk
« on: Monday 02 April 12 16:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi  Many thanks for the info,I will look into it further.
Regards Vic.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Football/Falkirk
« on: Tuesday 20 March 12 20:23 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Guys.
Thanks for all replies,I have now found I was looking at the wrong team.It seems both my Dad and Uncle played for Hearts with Uncle also playing for Dunfermline. Any info on this will be great.
Regards Vic

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Stirlingshire / Re: Football/Falkirk
« on: Friday 02 March 12 20:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Wilton.
Thanks for that,found the Falkirk players site very interesting.
Regards Musketball

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Stirlingshire / Re: Football/Falkirk
« on: Thursday 01 March 12 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the ideas guys ,will work my way through them in hope and expectation

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Stirlingshire / Football/Falkirk
« on: Wednesday 29 February 12 20:34 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for help with proving a family tale.
I have always been lead to believe that my father Archibald Lawrie Miller and his brother Gavin Miller played football for Falkirk in the early 1930s  They both came from Denny.
To date I have not been able to prove it,there must be at least one footie fanatic out there that has the answer.
Thanks in advance.
Vic

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Weeley 1812-13 Joseph Bothroyd
« on: Monday 27 February 12 21:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Arny.
Sorry I don't have an exact date for the 59th arriving.
Found the following in my notes today it may be of interest North Yorks Militia in the Tendring Hundred from 0ct 1797 as part of the "Corps De Reserve".
Another line you could take is to look into the camp at Little Holland, several regiments were there from 1806 on,I have seen references to as many as  4,000 troops under canvas .I have yet to research this camp so can't help you further.
Before the barracks were constructed troops were under canvas all over the Tendring Hundred from around 1793 till the barracks were built in 1804.
You could also try Bradfield parish registers there are several military burials there for the period you are interested in.You could look into all the local militia units from your area to see if they were in the district.
There were a couple of occasions when the barracks were evacuated to Harwich following an outbreak of Cholera and Opthalmia so it might be worth checking the registers for the parish of St Nicholas at Harwich.
Regards MB

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Weeley 1812-13 Joseph Bothroyd
« on: Sunday 26 February 12 22:09 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Arny.
I have some info on the regiments at the barracks in the early years.From the north I have noted the following. 8th The Kings Regiment 1st Bat Liverpool Regiment(no dates) 14th The West Yorkshire Regiment (no dates) Durham Militia 8 company's (arrived May 1st 1806) and 19th Foot 1st Bat Yorkshire North Riding Regiment (no dates).
I am not a Weeley Wooper as I do not live there.When I was much younger I had some Weeley mates,their greeting was always the same "Wooper boy how you doing"I doubt you will hear it in the village today as there are not many old village people left.
Regards

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