Ah, well that's different! The 29th Foot was (in 1861) "The 29th Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot", based in England 1859 to 1863 when it moved to Ireland. Merged with "36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot" in 1881 to become "The Worcestershire Regiment" Don't know much about 12th Lancers other than it was 12th Dragoons (subsequently "12th Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons" from 1768), but I can't help with any other info - probably lots available through Mr Google! Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: judy olsen [mailto:copywriter@tesco.net] > Sent: 17 October 2009 20:28 > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Band master in 12th Foot? > > In fact the enumeration district description on ancestry confirms the > regt was the 29th Foot. The officers names (earlier pages) could > easily be cross checked to confirm this. > > havent looked at 1871 image but 12th L.a.r. might be 12th Lancers. > Obviously that was not a foot regiment. > > Original poster did not say whether the person was found in other > censuses. > > Judy Olsen > >On 17 Oct 2009, at 19:59, Robert Spargo wrote: > > The 12th Foot was (I think!) the Suffolk Regiment. From 1782 to > 1881 it was known as "12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot". From 1860 to > 1866 the 1st Battalion was in New Zealand but the 2nd Battalion was in > England (don't know where) from 1858 until 1864 when they went to India > and stayed there until 1877. The 1st Battalion was back in England from > 1867 until 1872 when they went to Ireland. > > Your best point of contact might be via the Suffolk Regiment's website > www.suffolkregiment.org - good luck > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.