Where is this ?

[wilcoxon]

I was lucky enough to find this on a man I`m researching, he is not in Britain in 1871, but back in 1881. Document dated 1878.
Does his place of service say Gold Coast ?

 Any more you can glean would be good.

[crisane]

Malta, Gibraltar, Canada, G Coast.
Whether that is Gold Coast (not Australia) or some other word beginning with g (Guiana?) , my dismal geography can't find an answer.

[Drosybont]

Gold Coast was the pre-independence name for Ghana.

Drosybont

[wilcoxon]

Would an army officer had been there between 1861 and 1878, 4 months seems to be a short time.

[wilcoxon]

I can  also see Malta and Gibraltar, but Canada ?

[Drosybont]

Possibly the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, also known as the First Ashanti Expedition.  Preparatory work by a team of Royal Engineers began September 1873, troops arrived late December 1873, several battles, brief occupation of Kumasi, treaty signed July 1874.

Drosybont

[ainslie]

Join the army and see the world, as they once said.
Agree with Canada, third down.

[MaxD]

Is his number 843?

MaxD

[wilcoxon]

Thomas Bowman b 1838 Devizes Kent.
Chelsea No. 55546 Document dated 5 February 1878.