I thought this might be of interest to anyone who has ancestors who were in the Cheshire Militia in the Napoleonic Wars.  I am reading a diary kept by a man in Moretonhampstead, Devon from 1799-1830.  He noted the following in 1799:   Mon. May 20th. Two of the second Cheshire Militia came here from Tavistock with intelligence of that Regiment’s going to March in 4 divisions through Moreton, and Chagford, in their way to Horsham Barracks in Sussex. Wed. May 22nd. 1 O’Clock P.M. March’d in a part of the first division of the 2nd Cheshire Militia, the division consisted of 240, of which 80 were march’d to Chagford. Thur. May 23rd. The Cheshire Militia halted, the Baggage lodged in the Shambles. Fri. May 24th. 1st Division of the Cheshire Militia march’d for Exeter and about noon the 2nd Division march’d in. Sat. May 25th The 2nd Division march’d for Exeter and the 3rd came in under the command of Lieut Colonel Sir Peter Warburton. Sun. May 26th. the 3rd Division halted Mon. May 27th. The 3rd Division march’d for Exeter and 4th arrived. Tue. May 28th. The 4th Division march’d for Exeter the whole Regt. consisted of about 900 men. Although the diary describes events in Devon, it is a fascinating account of life in a town during the period with soldiers marching in and out of town, the pressgang visiting etc. so worth a look.  There are some quite amusing accounts among the list of deaths: http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/sources/trelchron.ghtml   Merry Christmas,   Joy