Thank you for that information David, I am sure there are a lot more people out there will find it as informative as I did. My ancestor's name was JOHN COWLEY (middle name YORK) He was in the 1st Division of the Field Artillery, of the Royal Artillery. He was a gunner. In 1891 he was based in Aldershot. That is what I have on him. We believe he was probably killed in action because his son- born 1893 at Woolwich, was, by 1901 residing in All Saints Orphanage in Lewisham. We did not know of his marriage or to whom he was married. Our family never knew John he was my grandmother's brother and they were separated at a very early age. Margaret, in- now it is sunny, Palmyra