what regeiment at Raglan Barracks, Devon

[jasper]

Hi,

I have a gggg uncle who was stationed in Raglan Barracks during the 1891 Census.

He is down as a colour sergeant on the census report.

I don't know what Regiment he was with and was wondering if anyone could tell me what regiments were stationed there during that time.

I am un-able to find him on the 1901 census so I guess he was out of the country so I am hoping that if I can find out what regiment he was in I will be able to find out where he would have been stationed and what happened to him and hopefully find if I can obtain copies of his military records.

Many thanks

Michelle

[Jebber]

Have you looked at the previous pages of the census? You can sometimes find the Regiment by working backwards.

Perhaps if you give his name others may be able to offer you more help.

Regards.
Jebber

[jasper]

Hi,

I have searched back to the beginning of the census but it does not say what regiment.

His name is Jesse Smith

Born 1859 in Bradford, Yorkshire

He married in 1892 in Stoke Dameral but I don't know who to.

That is all I have I'm afraid.

[Necromancer]

sadly, even the Enumerators Page only says 'Infantry' - hopefully someone on here will be able to reference the Barracks at that date ..... might be worth Googling too ....

Where online have you searched for his marriage ?

[Jebber]

It looks as if he married either Ella Jenkins or Alice Trend.

I would purchase the marriage certificate, with luck it will state the regiment on it here.

Jebber

[jasper]

Hi,

I have googled for the barracks but there seems to be a number of regiment there.

I have looked on Ancestry and the BMD records on Findmypast and have found that he got married but until I order the marriage cert I am not going to have his wife's name as in 1892 they don't give his partner's surname.

Thanks

Michelle

[Mean_genie]

Even if you don't have any luck finding out his regiment, you don't need to know that to look for his service record. The Soldiers' Documents in series WO97 at The National Archives are arranged alphabetically and not by regiment from 1882 to 1900, then another series 1901-1913. So if he survived the army, you should be able to find him on the basis of the information you already have. The only catch is that you have to go to Kew to do it, or get someone to go on your behalf, because they are original documents and haven't been filmed or scanned.

If you have access to a library or record office that has a copy of the Army List for 1891, you can use this to find out what regiments were in the barracks at the time of the census. The easiest way is to find the names of the officers at the beginning of the enumeration book for ther barracks and look them up in the index.

Mean_genie

[Jebber]

It you look carefully at the 1891 Image he is actually a Sergeant, it is  the man above who was Colour Sergeant.

I have to go out shortly, so I am unable to help any more at the moment.

Jebber