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Can I cross refer to this thread which is relevant?
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=843479.0
I have found this George James Robilliard memorial on a brass plaque in St Pauls Cathedral, London, dedicated to those lost in the sinking of HMS Captain in 1870.
He is listed on the memorial in a list entitled "Seamen, Artificers, &c". I believe he is 19 at the sinking. The photo (see original thread) is him standing with his brother (maybe) Joseph (born 1845) or William (born 1848).
I would like to find if I can when George enlisted, and what the title of "Seamen, Artificers, &c" would mean for a young man. The attachment is acknowledged from https://petesfavouritethings.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/dscn9137a.jpg

Thank you all for the interest in this and other threads.
Bryan in New Zealand

Good day from a balmy 35 degrees Covid free in South Island NZ.
The photo attached  of the individuals is physical size 60mm x 100mm. It's sepia. If we accept the veracity of the provider it must have been taken before 1870 - that date of the sinking mentioned below. According to the record on the back of the pic purportedly written by the uncle of the left individual, the standing lad is said to be George James ROBILLIARD, born c 1851 to Joseph Robilliard (b Guernsey) and Elizabeth Loring-Bollen (Jersey). From family history I have no doubt of the veracity.
Wreck of the HMS Captain: this lad was drowned in that calamity along with numerous fellow mariners, not that her Majesty's government would have worried, despite the protestations of her sadness.
I would like to verify the "uniform" the lads are wearing.
I know there was quite an enquiry after this sinking. Any further information will be gratefully received. The photo is atrocious, I'm sorry. Disregard all.
Regards
Bryan

I have 2 newspaper reports of this man's involvement in this conflict:
1.
His sister's obituary: (The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954)  Wednesday 9 June 1909):
"Mr. J. Parrott, who survives her, and is at present residing at Port Hacking, was the first native-born Australian to volunteer for service in the Crimea. He left Sydney in the Miranda, under Captain Keppel, and saw service at Inkerman and Sebastopol, for which he holds two medals and clasps, together with the Turkish medal."

2. And another:
From a newspaper report of Commonwealth Inauguration on 1 Jan 1901 (Sydney Morning Herald 2 Jan 1901):
 "Amongst the decemvirate of representatives of the United Labourers' Protective Society was an Australian said to be the only Australian native who fought in the Crimean War. He was Mr. Parrott, and he wore a medal with the Sebastopol and Inkerman clasps. ..."

All records I've tried to source come up negative.

I'm hoping that his military records are available somewhere.
Thanks
Bryan

I have a fair bit of information on my man's involvement in this regiment. He was eventually convicted of crimes and transported to Australia in 1802.
Could someone oblige me with an image of what an ordinary recruit's uniform would have been like at this period? He 'enlisted' on 16 Jul 1793 (muster records) and was discharged - needlessly to say dishonourably so - on 27 Jul 1801.

I have moved on quite considerably from my initial correspondence here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,631704.msg4796019.html#msg4796019

I am still trying to find his marriage to a Mary around 1800 when I believe his son Henry was conceived when the regiment was around Colchester.

I have a birth of a Henry to Mary and Henry, baptised here ST. JAMES', WESTMINISTER, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND in Oct 1801. Since the regiment's HQ was Westminster, I'm hoping this is a correct birth.

Mary eventually comes with him to Australia on the same convict ship, HMS Glatton.

Regards
Bryan