Thank you, Adrian. I'm curious to know why all the other men's records are there but not my ancestors. I'm trawling through the website you recommend - it will take a little time. So thanks for that, too. Fingers crossed for enlightenment re Christine's find next week! Ruth

On 11/10/2014 10:19, Ruth Genda wrote: > > Thank you, Adrian. I’m curious to know why all the other men’s > records are there but not my ancestors. > I *think* it's probably just an accidental by-product. There were no short-service engagements for most of the 19th century - you were in for "life" unless made redundant. So it seems to me that lots of guys must have served until they were due for a pension of some sort. But if your chap was one of the new guys who were only in for 12y(?) then he wouldn't be entitled to a pension. And presumably the others were old-sweats who served until they got a pension. That's the only thing I can think of... (because yes, it did occur to me to wonder why the others were there!) Adrian