I'm forwarding this message to the list, as I'm sure John wanted everyone to know his information.  The change in Replying on the list has caught more than one of us, it seems.   It's so wonderful to be on a list where people are generous enough to expand everyone's knowledge!! (on all sorts of topics) Cheers, Julia M. ________________________________ > From: john_carbis@hotmail.com > To: jwmos99@msn.com > Subject: RE: [CORNISH] West Briton, 10 Dec 1858 BMDs > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:28:29 +0000 > > Good morning Julia > > Thank you so much for all the hard work that you and your team of > transcribers have done and continue to do. > > May I take the liberty of a very small correction, supplemented by some > additional information: > > Madras Engineer Group (MEG), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is > an engineer group of the Corps of > Engineers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_Engineers> > of the Indian Army<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army>. The > Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency > army<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Army> of the British > Raj<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj>. This regiment has its HQ > in Bengaluru<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengaluru>. The Madras > Sappers are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of Engineers. > The Madras Sappers were the only regiment of the Madras Presidency > Army<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Army> to survive unscathed the > extensive reorganisations that took place between 1862 and > 1928.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group#cite_note-Mason-1> > The thambis, as the troops of the Madras Sappers are popularly known, > with their hallmark Shakos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shako> have > distinguished themselves in many battlefields around the world for more > than 200 years > > As ever with kind regards. John > > him in scarlet at Chelsea > >> To: cornish@rootsweb.com; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:20:21 -0600 >> Subject: [CORNISH] West Briton, 10 Dec 1858 BMDs >> From: cornish@rootsweb.com<mailto:cornish@rootsweb.com> >> Julia >> West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser >> 10th December 1858 >> Marriages. > >> At the Cathedral, Madras, by the venerable, the Arch-deacon, on the > 16th of October, Captain Richard Hieram SANKEY, Madras engineers, to > Sophia Mary, only daughter of William Henry BENSON, Esq., retired list, > Bengal Civil Service. >> >> Julia M. >> >> West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad >> St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell >> >