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Armed Forces / 1st King's Royal Rifles in Dublin?
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My ancestor Sgt Frank Arthur Chester joined the 60th Rifles in 1880 in Winchester and after a campaign in Egypt was stationed in Dublin in 1882. I can't find any reference to Rifles in Dublin. I also don't know which Dublin barracks he would have been stationed at. Can anyone help please?
He was hospitalised twice in 1882, first for pneumonia then Phthesis, after which he was discharged, still a Private but in the 1st King's Rifles, to an address very close to Portobello barracks (as later known).
In 1887 Frank married in Fermoy, Cork, then in April 1888 appears in Dagshai, now Pakistan, as a Sgt. in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Do military records exist for the RSF? Also if he had been discharged in 1883 on ill health grounds, how did he manage to join the RSF as a Sgt? He stayed with the RSF in India/Pakistan until after 1895.
He was hospitalised twice in 1882, first for pneumonia then Phthesis, after which he was discharged, still a Private but in the 1st King's Rifles, to an address very close to Portobello barracks (as later known).
In 1887 Frank married in Fermoy, Cork, then in April 1888 appears in Dagshai, now Pakistan, as a Sgt. in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Do military records exist for the RSF? Also if he had been discharged in 1883 on ill health grounds, how did he manage to join the RSF as a Sgt? He stayed with the RSF in India/Pakistan until after 1895.