Child Soldiers?

[youngtug]

Not surprised that West Indies service counted as enhanced service. Yellow fever wiped out large percentage of all ranks every year.

 

 


 East Indies or West Indies?

[ShaunJ]

As Ken says, now that we've sorted out the pensionable service as including only 27 years and 3 months of actual service, there is no evidence that Daniel served as a boy soldier. 

As cited on the other thread:  "Serjeant Daniel Polson, from Glasgow, joined the Regiment in 1813...."

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/c_2-69Waterloo.html

[Regorian]

Not surprised that West Indies service counted as enhanced service. Yellow fever wiped out large percentage of all ranks every year.

 

 


 East Indies or West Indies?

West Indies.

[youngtug]

All the other posts specify East Indies

[Regorian]

All the other posts specify East Indies

Oops, I'll get me coat.

[km1971]

As found by Shaun - http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo97%2f0595%2f099%2f001&parentid=gbm%2fwo97%2f595%2f639543&highlights=%22%22 - it is both.

Ken

[Dinkydidy]

Thanks for all your help in sorting out the apparent discrepancy in years of service.

PS - no under age service, and he was not at Waterloo

These references show the 69th at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/c_2-69Waterloo.html
http://archive.org/stream/anarrativehisto01butlgoog#page/n128/mode/2up
Is there some evidence that Polson was NOT there?