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

The Battalion was renamed a number of times. 1885 1st Volunteer Bn Hampshire Regt formed 1908 Renamed 4th Bn The Hampshire Regt 1915 renamed 1 / 4 Bn The Hampshire Regt 1947 Renamed 4th Bn Royal Hampshire Regt One of mine served in that Bn and was killed and buried in Iraq in 1917 David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny M Benson" <Genes@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:21 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 >