Hello Ainslie, For British Army Records, perhaps you might like to try http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Regards Alma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ainslie Pyne" <woodart@woodart.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW@rootsweb.com>; "AUS-Tasmania" <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com>; <AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND-D@rootsweb.com>; "New Zealand list" <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:38 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW] British India Army - Aust/NZ personnel 1900s > Hi folks, > > Still chasing up my elusive grandfather's travels in the very early 1900s. > > Can anyone help me with a list or organisation where I can get my > grandfather's military information for the period he was in the British > India Army? > > I tried the Royal Military School of Music records but apparently he > arrived in the England with sufficient musical education to allow his > entry to the Military Band membership by audition (normally a musician > needed to spend four years studying at Kneller Hall in Twickenham before > graduating into one of the bands) > A researcher at the College checked the records but could find no trace > of him and said that he probably gained entry via an audition (as he > himself had done) > > I have my grandfather's marriage certificate dated 1906 in Simla, Bombay > and know that he returned to NZ in 1907 b ut was still on the list in > case the British Army needed to recall him for any other posting - this > didn't happen until WW1 when he went off to Gallipoli and Europe. > > There are records held in Wellington for the European posting but I'd > love to also find out where I can obtain his records for the period in > India. > > Hoping someone on the list can help with some contact details for me. > > Cheers > Ainslie > in sweltering Adelaide, South Australia > 41 deg forecast for three days in a row!!! > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message