Hi David, Unfortunately he was in Ireland in 1881 so there is no census for him and in 1901 he was no longer in the army and was living in Manchester. Cheers Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Parker Sent: 22 November 2006 18:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Fort Brockhurst Fort Brockhurst was indeed the Army Discharge Depot until 1914. A Military Staff Clerk is one who is usually working at a headqurters or depot rather than with a regiment. He was often quite senior, a sergeant or a Warrant Officer. Usually a census quotes the rank of regular soldiers, and if you search you can often find his regiment, although chances are that most of the officers at least were seconded from their regiments. Have you serached the 1881 and 1901 censuses? Chances are that he would have still been serving at the time of one of these. davbid ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark ware" <[email protected]> To: "Portsmouth Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:03 AM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Fort Brockhurst > Hi All, > > > > Can anybody help me with some information about Fort Brockhurst & Fort > Elson? I have a George Thomas ROOK living on the base in 1891 with his > whole > family and he is listed as a Military Staff Clerk of the Discharge Depot. > Am > I right in assuming that the Discharge depot was responsible for all the > discharges for the Army and would he have been a civilian or a soldier > that > had been appointed to clerical duties? > > > > Many thanks > > Mark > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com