> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:51:30 +0000 > Subject: [LIN] Lincolnshire Royal Marines > Three Fountain brothers, born 1839, 1840 and 1841 in West Barkwith, joined > the Royal Marines at Woolwich, Kent in 1860. ... > > I am wondering how three young brothers could be either invalids or dead > within such a short time. Does anybody know if there were conflicts they > could have been injured in during the period between 1860 and 1876? I > suppose William's mental problems could have come from a head injury. He > received a naval pension according to the 1911 census, so his imbecility is > not likely to be alcoholic. > A better search might be british military history timeline or Royal Marines history. Some possibilities: India in the aftermath of the 1857 uprising 1866-7 Fenian Uprising in Ireland Second Opium War (China 1856-1860) 2nd and 3rd Maori Wars (1860 to 1866) 2nd and 3rd Ashanti Wars (1863 to 1874)