Harry Hurst in 18th Foot

[smoug]

that seems to be the way it goes one step forward two steps back, I don't have alot of faith in family search over the years I've found so many mistakes, I'm hoping that the catholic church there will come up with something, my mother and my uncles on that side all have jet black hair and olive skin so have most of my cousins on that side I have the "non sunburning " skin and my nephew and mother have been  told by different dentists they have  asian teeth by their dentist said its something to do with the roots growing a different way to european ones, so I suspect my gt gt grandmother was asian, just love to find out if she was and what where the circumstances of my gt gt grandparents lives  in India, bet its a fascinating story. hope to to a dna test one day  thanks again Tessa

[Tyrannosaurus]

I don’t know if it’s still relevant but the 1st Battalion of the 18th Foot was in India for many years until February 1866. Almost half of the regiment elected to stay longer in India and volunteered into other corps. http://archive.org/stream/campaignshistory00gret#page/224/mode/2up

Rex

[smoug]

Thankyou for that I am pretty sure it had think I had read something a little while ago, so thankyou for reminding me.  Any help is most welcome   thanks Tessa

[Malcolm33]

I don’t know if it’s still relevant but the 1st Battalion of the 18th Foot was in India for many years until February 1866. Almost half of the regiment elected to stay longer in India and volunteered into other corps. http://archive.org/stream/campaignshistory00gret#page/224/mode/2up

Rex

    A bit more about them here - http://www.theoriginalrecord.com/database/search/decade/187

   Malcolm

[Malcolm33]

   Looks like there was a Henry Hurst in India much earlier. - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/i/r/Kevin-W-Bird-CAMBRIDGE/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0009.html

   This one married in Meerut in 1845 so could be the grandfather of Harry.