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East Lancs Territorial Army pre-WW1
« on: Monday 26 March 07 11:33 BST (UK) »
According to family legend my great-uncle Arthur John Fairey was a drummer in the East Lancs T. A.  He was born in March qtr 1865 in Old Brentford, Middx, and died Mar qtr 1910 in Burnley, apparently as a result of an accident.  I don't know whether this accident was connected with his TA activities or even his "day job" as a railway carter.

Is there any way I can find out about his T. A. service?  A family member says she remembers an old photo, since sadly destroyed, in which he was wearing military uniform, including a bearskin on his front.
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

FAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, LAWSON, CHURCH, BENSON, HALSTEAD from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts;  Burnley, Lancs;  New Zealand, Australia & US.

HURST, BOLTON,  BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD, MCIVOR from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs., Scotland.