18th Regiment of Foot

[Newfloridian]

I'm looking to see if there are any available records for men serving with this Regiment.

Specifically I have an Isaac Beardsworth. a Private with the 18th Foot who appears on a single page in  the Judge Advocate General's Office listing of District Court Marshalls 1863 - 1864. The entry dated September 17th 1863 has him held at Trimulgherry.

I can see in an entry with the British Library that there was an encampment there, near Hyderabad, which held about 5000 troops.

Is there any other resource which might give some idea of what he was doing there and what he was charged with?

Many thanks

Alan

[MaxD]

The only record appears to be the 1861 census which places him in Secunderabad with the 18th Foot.  Discharge papers, which would likely have some detail, tend to survive only for men who served a full term to pension.  (See 3.1 of https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-up-to-1913/)

As he doesn't appear in 1851 or 1871 and there appear to be no papers for him, it doesn't look as if he served such a term.

Many units of the British Army were stationed in India, particularly following the Mutiny (or rebellion depending on your point of view) of 1857. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_during_the_Victorian_Era

MaxD

[Newfloridian]

Many thanks MaxD

That answers the question - he wasn't in fact our Isaac!

Regards

Alan