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« 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.