----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny M Benson" <Genes@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:21 AM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Hants Volunteer Battalion > I've been told that the tombstone on a family grave for one section of my > tree says that one man served in the 1st Hampshire Volunteer Battalion. > > Google doesn't recognise this. Does anyone know anything about it or can > tell me where to look? > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== > Spring clean your tree and see if you can dust off some new rellies > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > Hello Jenny, The best book on the subject is "The Territorial Battalions - A pictorial history, 1859-1985" by Ray Westlake, Book Club Associates, 1986. It's all in there!! Regards Ken Grubb, Cheltenham, Glos.