in this instance Major does not mean officer it is the quarter master sergeant rank for a farrier - try goggling 'farrier major' in advanced search and you will get details. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:31 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Benjamin WARD Hi Jim See the National Archives research guides http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guide-listing.htm Where you will find <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/british-army-officers-commissions.htm> To the best of my knowledge no officers records are available online so would need a personal visit or a researcher at Kew I did not find him listed in the 1832 Army list so perhaps he may be using a previous rank when Sarah was baptised I see he also married at Clewer in 1819 and there was a daughter in 1821 , Mary, have you checked for an occupation on those I have not found any other mention of him so far Have you found him in the census at any time ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > On September 30 1832 Sarah Ward was christened at Clewer Parish, BRK. The > image shows the parents to be Benjamin WARD and Rebecca STEVENSON. The > microfilm shows Benjamin WARD was a Farrier, Major, in the Royal Horse > Guards residing at Cavalry Barracks. Is there a list member that can > instruct me how and where to access the military history of Benjamin WARD? > > > > Jim WARD > > MS USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Funny I was just following that through as I had found a Benjamin WARD as a private on the Waterloo medal roll It would follow he would be may have become a non commissioned officer but highly unlikely commissioned Name: Benjamin Ward Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Sub Unit: Lieutenant Colonel. C. Hill's Troop Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > in this instance Major does not mean officer it is the quarter master > sergeant rank for a farrier - try goggling 'farrier major' in advanced > search and you will get details. > > Wendy

Ms. King, Thank you for the two prompt replies. The information will help me understand more and I will use it for further research. Warm personal regards, Jim WARD -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy King Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 5:14 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Benjamin WARD in this instance Major does not mean officer it is the quarter master sergeant rank for a farrier - try goggling 'farrier major' in advanced search and you will get details. Wendy -----Original Message-----