It depends what you mean by volunteers ! At this time there was no conscription in the British Army so in that sense they would have been volunteers. Volunteers can also mean reservists and many of the forts in the Portsmouth area would have been manned by these. Have a look at www.palmerstonforts.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Carole Cumber > Sent: 14 May 2008 14:57 > To: eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Fw: Royal Artillery research > help needed. > > From: "Carole Cumber" <dcumber@cogeco.ca> > To: <eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:28 AM > Subject: Fw: Royal Artillery research help needed. > > > > > > > > > I think I need some help from the local listers please, > Where would I > > find information on the early (19th cen) men of the Royal > Artillery? > > were they all volunteers? where were they stationed in 1886? > > I have looked at various websites under Royal Artillery UK > but most of > > them want 40 to 50 GBP to look up information on individuals! I > > wondered if anyone has done any research into this > particular regiment > > that appears to have been stationed in Fareham. > > .......Second question, > > Where would I look for the gravesite for an individual that died in > > Cosham but was the son of a family from Southampton??. > > > > Carole in Canada >