TNA have digitised the soldier's discharge document for one Sergeant Thomas Hallum from the parish of Wirksworth born about 1782, who enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards in Birmingham in 1805, discharged 1818. His occupation was recorded as Carpenter. There is a good physical description of him, his signature and service details. He was wounded in the left shoulder at Burgos, suffering rheumatism. He may be a contender for my family - not quite decided about the signature! TNA Ref: WO97 / 175 / 64 His baptism doesn't appear on the Wirksworth parish registers, so far as I can tell. He may well be the son of Joseph Hallam and Jane Twigg born in 1782 at Snelston. I believe they might well have moved to Cromford after Thomas's birth. They appear to have had at least eleven children, not all baptised in Cromford, and it looks as if many of them moved down to Tamworth, Staffs some time after 1800. Nickie