It was common for families to go with them my GGrandfather was in India for many years he and his wife had 7 children while there and he was just a private Dawn -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rosalind Sent: 22 January 2010 12:12 PM To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAN] army wives in barracks My relative , James Edwin Roberts was born in Banbury in 1875 to Thomas , a blacksmith . He became Squadron Sergeant-Major in the Empress of India Lancers , where I found him in the 1911 census , in Albassia Barracks , Egypt : to my surprise , listed separately , was his wife and 2 children . Was it common at that time for families to go abroad too ? One of his children , at least , also can be found living with Mrs.Roberts in Hounslow Cavalry Barracks in 1906 . My question is ; does anyone know of a book/novel which describes the lives of army families living in these barracks ? Many thanks , Rosalind....... Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message