Any help will be much valued.
What happened to this man post 1881?
POSSIBLE COLONEL ON HALF PAY IN 1881 DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY [formerly 46th Foot South Devonshire]
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Taken from Duke of Cornwall's 42 reg.Docs.
Commanding Officers.....
1876 Robert Bennett
Adjutant of the 63rd at Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman -- severely wounded and horse shot - and siege of Sebastopol. Appointed to the 46th as Major, in March, 1872. and commanded the regiment from July 1876, to 1881.
http://www.britisharmedforces.org/li_pages/regiments/dcli/duke_commandofficers.htm============
During the Crimean War, (1854-1856) the 46th were involved at the Battle of the Alma, September 20, 1854; the Battle of Balaklava, October 25, 1854; the Battle of Inkermann, November 5, 1854; the Siege of Sebastopol, September 25, 1854 to September 8, 1855; the Trench Warfare; the Assault on the Quarries, June 7, 1855; the First Assault on the Redan, June 18, 1855 and the Final Assault on the Redan, September 18, 1855.
The 46th (South Devonshires) Regiment of Foot united with 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot to form The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on January 7, 1881.
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MEDALS
Record
R Bennett 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-1855
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R Bennett 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-1855
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R Bennett 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-1855
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POSSIBLE IMPRISONMENT as ROBERT BENNETT 6 months in 1884 hard labour FOR 'CHEATING' sentenced on 5th May 1884 at Adjourned Quarter Sessions St Mary Newington, Surrey
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1590&iid=31251_A006199-00124&fn=Robert&ln=Bennett&st=r&ssrc=&pid=242514====
Robert Bennett
Date of Trial: 5 May 1884
Trial Year: 1884
Location of Trial:ST MARY NEWINGTON Surrey, England
Sentence: Imprisonment 6 MONTHS FOR CHEATING.
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Might he be this man Robert George BENNETT IN 1871 AND 1881?
1871 census living with one son [George Elliot Carnegie BENNETT 1870]at 119 St Georges Road Southwark directly across road from the Southwark Catholic Cathedral
Robert G Bennett
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Margeret Bennett
Gender: Male
Where born: Perth, Scotland
Civil parish: St George
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: St Saviour Southwark
Sub-registration district: London Road
1881 Census
Robert G. Bennett
[Robert G. Anstruther]
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Bennett
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland
Civil parish: Hanwell
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 3 Clifton Vls
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:
Employment status: .
Occupation: Colonel Retd Infantry
