Ron,
Always thought there might be some connection with Ireland, since there
seems nothing much to go on in ScotlandsPeople. Found this little article
that narrows down some information.
As James is listed as a soldier when married in 1810, the only possible
regiment is possibly this one.
94th (Scots Brigade) Regiment of Foot 1802–1818
And from the article below..
"Reduced to 130 men, the regiment came home in April 1808, and was sent to Scotland to recruit"
"After serving at Cape Town in 1797-8, the Scotch Brigade went on to India with General Baird, and fought at Malavelly and the storming and capture of Seringapatam in 1799. It was employed under Colonels Stevenson and Wellesley against Dhoondiah Waugh and other free-booters in 1800. In 1803 the regiment was formally numbered as the 94th Regiment of Foot. It went through much arduous service in the campaigns of 1803-5 under Sir Arthur Wellesley, but was not present at the Battle of Assaye. The Indian services of the regiment were recognised by "Seringapatam" being inscribed on the colours, and the grant of the "Elephant", now one of the badges of the Connaught Rangers. It is distinguishable from other like badges by the purple-and-gold housings of the castle-less elephant. Reduced to 130 men, the regiment came home in April 1808, and was sent to Scotland to recruit. It was included among the regiments that were directed in an order of the following year to discontinue the use of Scottish clothing.
After serving in Jersey, the 94th went to Lisbon and from there to Cadiz, and was distinguished at the sanguinary defence of Fort Matagorda in 1810. It left Cadiz for Portugal before Graham's victory at Barossa. Joining Lord Wellington's army in the lines of Torres Vedras, the 94th made the subsequent campaigns with Picton's Division, where, side by side with the 88th (later 1st Connaught Rangers) and the 5th Foot, it won fresh laurels at Ciudad Rodrio, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, the battles on the Nivelle, at Orthes and Toulouse.
When the troops withdrew from the South of France, after the peace of 1814, the 94th went to Ireland, where it was stationed during the Waterloo Campaign, and where it was disbanded on 24th December 1818. The old colours were originally lodged in Edinburgh Castle, and are now in St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh. The regimental colour is dark green - the regimental facings had been changed from yellow to green - and bears the Scottish thistle on a crimson centre surmounted by the Crown together with the Elephant badge and Seringapatam and Peninsula honours, which descended to its successor."
Source:
http://www.waterfordcountymuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/article/31/3/And they come back to Glasgow in 1823...
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The 94th Foot, now The 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers
In December 1823, the 94th Regiment of Foot was again revived. The recruiting rendezvous was at Glasgow, and the officers were taken chiefly from the half-pay list of the old 94th Scotch Brigade. The new battalion embarked for Gibraltar soon after its formation, and there received its first colours. It served at Gibraltar and Malta until 1834, when it returned home. In 1838 it embarked for Ceylon to relieve the 58th Regiment, but was transferred to Madras the year after, and served in that Presidency for fifteen years, during which time it had some sharp work with the Moplah fanatics in 1849.
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Looks like I might share a connection with Neil Armstrong after all
Best regards,
Richard
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